This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With hate and violence targeting faith communities and houses of worship at alarming rates across the United States, often mayors and elected officials are those who stand alongside first responders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For two years now, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated almost every structural inequity in Indian Country. Food insecurity is high on that list. Like other inequities, it’s an intergenerational product…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The big idea Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to say they are in good health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past year, photojournalist Nichole Sobecki and I have been on a mission to understand how climate change and environmental degradation drive conflict in Somalia. It’s a place where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer has seen more fires, more heat, more storms — all of it making life increasingly untenable in larger areas of the nation. Already, droughts regularly threaten food crops…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you haven’t seen the projections, you’ve probably still absorbed the gist of them: At some point in the not-too-distant future an astronomical number of people will likely be displaced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Lives Matter The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others in 2020 mobilized more than 20 million Americans demanding an end to rampant, state-sanctioned violence against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early 2010s, Apple, Google, and Microsoft began releasing diversity reports that described their company’s employee composition by race, ethnicity, and gender. The data revealed these tech giants hired a disproportionate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits, funders, and partners working to meaningfully engage the people at the heart of their work and advance equity can consider the following observations gleaned from our work with the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Erkmen G. Aslim, Murat C. Mungan, Carlos I. Navarro, and Han Yu conclude that increasing access to public health insurance reduces recidivism. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part three in a multi-part series. Read parts one, two, and four. Society is facing a range of complex challenges, yet investors often overlook those who are closest to the solutions.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of February 2022, some 65,000 Afghans evacuated during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have settled in U.S. communities. Several hundred more remain on military bases in the U.S., while…