This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early in November 2020, conflict broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and refugees started fleeing in their masses to neighbouring Sudan. The journey requires crossing up to 350 km…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Sumatra is risking the livelihoods of local communities, increasing the risk of disasters and threatening the habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two years, Congress has enacted a series of pandemic relief bills providing federal funds to help American families, businesses, schools, governments, and other institutions regain their footing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil rights leader and education pioneer Bob Moses (1935-2021), who died in late July, always looked at his evolving mission through the lens of citizenship and what educational processes were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opening up restrictive communities to multiplex housing may be a key strategy to promote racial residential integration in the Bay Area, new research from UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Afghanistan has a multigenerational refugee problem, dating from 1979 and then continuing with multiple wars and conflicts since. There are three million refugees from Afghanistan living in Pakistan and Iran,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COP26 climate talks neared a close, environmentalists and lawyers warned rules for global carbon markets, due to be finalised in Glasgow, lack protections to stop abuses of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public debate over disability insurance has centered on concerns about individuals without severe health conditions receiving benefits. We go beyond health risk alone to quantify the overall insurance value…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Allie Young is a citizen of the Diné Navajo Nation from the Northern Agency of the reservation in Northern New Mexico. She is founder of Protect the Sacred, which educates and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial equity has been a more explicit consideration for foundations, as CEP documented in a report released last month, but our data suggests that some communities continue to be overlooked. Across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world may soon have more voice assistants than people—yet another indicator of the rapid, large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across many fields. The benefits of AI are significant:…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Jyoti Nanda explores how Latinx and Black students with disabilities experience criminalization in schools through punishment and segregation. • How can funders help schools better serve students…