This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on Main Street, with small businesses across the U.S. closing by the thousands. But as bad as the overall scene is, for minority-owned…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools across the country begin reopening after months of closure, some districts are learning that hazardous material accumulated in their plumbing systems, and experts say stagnant water poses health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Murray J. Côté, Texas A&M University; Tiffany A. Radcliff, Texas A&M University, and Walter Thomas Casey II, Texas A&M University-Texarkana The governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, as we approach International Women’s Day, government leaders are gathering at the World Bank Global Forum on Human Capital discussing, among other things, the importance of investing in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I don’t know anything about public health. And none of us know what the world is going to look like after COVID-19. Especially as loved ones and people around us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few weeks ago, ahead of a nor’easter that unleashed biting winds and snow across New England, Alyssa Washington, a high school senior who wants to be a nurse, made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Systems orchestrators are leaders and organizations who shape transformational social change behind the scenes by connecting people, providing resources and support, and mobilizing collective, unified efforts. At the Skoll Foundation, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly. Two weeks after the storm first touched Mississippi — and one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges, especially for organizations relying on volunteers. If you are one of those organizations, in a normal July, you might be planning (or planning to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 100 Chicagoans are participating in a hunger strike against a scrapyard set to be relocated to his Southeast Chicago neighborhood to force the city to rethink the scrapyard’s proposed location.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is one of those rare issues that touches every aspect of our economic, social, and physical security. The United States continues to be one of the planet’s highest-emitting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If people don’t trust the efficacy and safety of vaccines, we may never inoculate enough of the world’s population to get COVID-19 under control. Despite public health leaders pointing at the importance…