This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hong Kongers were mourning the forced closure of Apple Daily, a populist, sometimes bawdy, always staunchly pro-democracy daily launched as the “Hong Kong people’s newspaper” in 1995, when more bad news…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Leonard Adams started his journey to build Quest Communities, a nonprofit developer of transitional and permanent supportive housing in Atlanta, he had no connections to the world of community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a moment when we are confronting structural racism and intergenerational trauma in America, many in philanthropy are trying to better understand why so many of us call for healing-centered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The care economy includes child care, elder care, and care for people who are ill or disabled and in need of assistance. That care is provided by home-based businesses, care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Only 1 in 10 older adults in a large national survey who were found to have cognitive impairment consistent with dementia reported a formal medical diagnosis of the condition. Using…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The highly contagious Delta COVID variant quickly spreading through the U.S. may force schools to double down on mitigation measures in order to reopen safely later this summer and into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When hiring employees, a business is usually hoping for a good match, an added skillset, and mission alignment. Unconscious bias often means most new candidates resemble the team already in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 crisis upended life for both young children and the early care and education (ECE) programs that serve them. Expert consensus suggests a need for urgent action at all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is this a new era of civic engagement that will stand the test of time? And how can civic institutions turn this passionate political moment from a fleeting fad into a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hundreds of years of racist federal and institutional policies have denied wealth to Black, Indigenous and communities of color. Two organizations in Boston are shifting the narrative around local funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is a myth that “do-gooders” are more self-aware and better equipped than others to challenge the power imbalances that exist in society at large. The racial, gender and class…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the fight against climate change gaining new urgency across the world, more companies and governments have been taking a hard look at the environmental impact of palm oil, one…