This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 will be an opportunity to leverage the hard lessons of the past year and work in solidarity to accelerate the much-needed progress to achieve our shared goals. The year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing women in the US out of the workplace in droves, putting them at risk of years of unemployment and financial uncertainty. US employers cut 140,000 jobs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In October 2020, we released the interim findings from our Coordination in place project, which aims to investigate and share learning around place-based local action during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past six months,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through much of the last year, COVID-19 has propelled many people to accept and follow new patterns of behavior. These include wearing a mask in public, attempting to socially distance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Editor’s note: The economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of Americans who can’t always get enough to eat, including children. The Conversation U.S. asked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grantmaking from donor-advised funds (DAFs) is up — and it’s up enormously. At National Philanthropic Trust, our grant dollars doubled in 2020. Other DAF sponsors reported a similar pattern. What is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part Two in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts One, Three, and Four. By August, city and community leaders in Savannah, Ga. are expected to have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has driven a huge increase in participation in citizen science, where people without specialized training collect data out in the world or perform simple analyses of data online to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As temperatures began to dip this fall, Allen Blackwell III says he and his colleagues at Baltimore City Public Schools kept watch on weather reports hoping to see it hit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we stare down the barrel of a second wave of school closures, we know one thing for certain: There’s no going around parents. Teachers must work with them and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through the digitization of about 1.3 million files dating back to the 1600s, city leaders in Salem, MA learned that one issue has remained top-of-mind for residents throughout the centuries:…