This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is a story about a relationship between a legal advocacy organization (ArchCity Defenders) and a philanthropic funder (the Amplify Fund) that is grounded in mutual trust. We came together…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. Adrian Mims didn’t set out to be a nonprofit leader.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School superintendents are hearing two urgent and contradictory messages as the nation works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re being told to help their students and systems “recover” quickly.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Children and Youth Cabinet (CYC) of Rhode Island was founded in 2011, its mission was to gather, analyze, and disseminate data and best practices to support Providence’s children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, the U.K.’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, visited primary schools in each of their countries. They did this to raise awareness about the importance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Supreme Court ended automatic life without parole for children. What replaces it remains unclear. Say you’re a teenager who has committed a serious crime, and a judge is about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeless advocates warn the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a rise in housing instability for students, especially once eviction moratoriums lift. If so, more students would be eligible for federal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Throughout the pandemic, prisons have been a hotspot for COVID-19, with case rates in prisons between four to five times higher than in the general population. Despite being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, however, most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’ve given to a fundraiser lately to help someone fill in the financial gaps between personal and governmental funding, you’ve participated in mutual aid. Mutual aid is a concept…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the wake of a global pandemic, it is almost universally understood that there are innumerable factors from the past year that have made it difficult to indulge in our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, Michael Bloomberg announced a $150 million gift to my alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, to provide permanent funding for a hundred STEM PhD students from minority-serving institutions. The gift is noteworthy not for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the second wave of COVID-19 rages through the country, media and global donor attention is focused on the supply of oxygen in its various forms—even as the country grapples…