This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Emily Widra and Peter Wagner, at Prison Policy Initiative, explain how prisoners are suffering as initial efforts to reduce jail populations during COVID have slowed. • How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Aspen Institute, experts discuss how we can encourage governments to take risks and use them as opportunities to learn from their mistakes. • Why…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Bryce Pardo explains how the illicit supply of fentanyl flows into the United States and what it means for overdoes deaths. • How can funders use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Hechinger Report, Barbara Shelly warns of the disproportionate effects of rising evictions during COVID on kids and students. • How do rising evictions during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A study from Brookings indicates the way in which COVID-19 impacts student debt, with disproportionately increasing levels in low-income households. • Why does COVID-19 put ]those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mordecai I. Brownlee, at EdSurge, encourages leaders to innovate higher education’s remote environment to improve inclusion and engagement. • How does higher education’s remote environment currently…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent study at RAND explores how medical providers can effectively invest in improvements to telemedicine services, which may take funding from outside parties. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eric Stephan explains how digital health apps have demonstrated their growing value during the coronavirus pandemic. • How can we ensure equitable access to health apps…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An article at Stanford Social Innovation Review explains how philanthropy can play a role in funding a data-driven recovery from racial injustice and COVID-19. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker tells corporate leaders that if they really want to support Black lives, they need to make system-level changes, not just mass donations. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Korten offers his take on why we need to honor, care for, and listen to our planet as coronavirus reveals the hefty price we’re paying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alissa Rivera discusses how Illinois prisons’ COVID-19 response has fallen way behind in its inmate-release policy, specifically for People of Color. • How are other prisons’…