This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Jones family has a simple mantra: “There’s no need to boast about doing good, just do good.” That mindset has guided four generations of family leadership at Seaman Paper…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I grew up in a white, middle class section of Worcester, Mass. My friends all looked the same. Their parents all looked the same. Even my extended social network was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mass incarceration has contributed to significant, harmful, and lasting racial and class disparities in America’s federal and state prisons. In 2017, for example, Black people accounted for 12 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over time, many inmates incur large debts due to fines, court and public defender fees, and the like. Added to this burden are previous debt obligations, incurred prior to incarceration.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, the state of North Carolina paid $750,000 to Henry McCollum to compensate for the 30 years the innocent man spent on death row. Seven months later, he was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The evacuation of more than 100,000 civilians from Afghanistan is over, and Afghan refugees have started arriving in the United States, at military bases in other countries, or elsewhere for asylum processing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Lives Matter has been called the largest civil movement in U.S. history. Since 2013, local BLM chapters have formed nationwide to demand accountability for the killings of dozens of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Minority businesses could boost the economy by as much as $300 billion, according to the Center for Global Policy Solutions. Yet many of these are sole proprietorships and are often working with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Structural barriers have created a deeply unequal healthcare system that blocks access to abortion care, especially for BIPoC, poor and transgender people. Over 60% of people seeking abortions identify as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cheryl Dorsey has served as president of Echoing Green since 2002, after having received an Echoing Green Fellowship a decade earlier to help launch the Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is stepping up to provide support to Afghan refugees, including a $15.7 million grants from the LEGO Foundation, a $10 million emergency fund from Open Society Foundations, and a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A February 2021 survey of about 1,300 New York City youth, aged 14-24, found that only 42 percent who sought mental health support received it. Across the city, 35 percent of young…