This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A report released last month found that 54% of Native American respondents could not afford to eat balanced meals sometimes or often during Covid. Food banks are trying to lower…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender-lens or gender-smart investing refers to investments that achieve greater social and financial return on investment by focusing on businesses that are owned or led by women, have good gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is urgent that philanthropy invest in a dramatic expansion of civic bridging through an explicit lens of racial justice. This form of civic bridging entails multiracial, multiethnic relationship building,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of developing students’ and adults’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors that they need to make successful choices. And it has been in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In April 2012, Chicago’s former mayor Rahm Emmanuel closed half of the city’s 12 public mental health centers. The closures affected mostly Black and lower-income locals, who were no strangers to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Gay kids are receiving their education the way everybody gets their sex education and unfortunately, that’s by watching porn,” said Bronwen Pardes, a sex educator and author of Doing It…
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course “Legacy Building with Older Adults – Students Re-Humanizing Health Care” What prompted…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. James Sayavong knows what it’s like to be a refugee in America. His father was a military officer in Laos when the communists overran his country after the U.S. pulled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in August, six of my essays, four of my short stories and a bunch of half-written poems that were perhaps worthy of francine j. harris disappeared from the JPay electronic tablet…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Mark Greenberg, Stephanie Heredia, Kira Monin, Celia Reynolds and Essey Workie evaluate the efficacy of the United States’ Central American Minors (CAM) program, and offer recommendations for improving it. • What aspects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in majority-Black schools are now a full 12 months behind those in mostly white schools, widening the achievement gap by a third, according to a new analysis by McKinsey & Co.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every morning in New Bedford, MA, seafood workers clock in before dawn to plants that line the waterfront, donning gloves and plastic gowns over double layers of sweaters to keep…