This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What I’m seeing as I mentor and coach entrepreneurs in the U.S. and globally is that more and more of them want to build companies that can make a positive social impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Anisha Patel, a Stanford University pediatrics professor, started to notice a troubling trend: Child patients at the Atherton California clinic where she works have gained a distressing amount…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Poverty rates are almost double the national average in areas surrounding streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., according to our recent study, and educational attainment is much lower. Our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coronavirus closed thousands of daycares last year, forcing parents with young children out of the labor force in droves. The scale of that exodus is now clear: about 700,000 parents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Months ago, Rashad Robinson, president of the civil rights organization Color Of Change, wrote, “We don’t get racial justice out of a true democracy. We get a true democracy out of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world has changed dramatically over the last 10 months. In the midst of such broad changes, we might be tempted to throw away our old ways of doing things…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic posed excessive hardship in cities like Flint that were already dealing with structural inequalities and extreme health and wealth disparities. In March, Flint saw tremendous racial disparities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2018, Odunayo Eweniyi was just five years out of university and had already founded two companies, the second of which, PiggyVest, had just raised $1.1 million in funding. Today,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Experts around the world are sounding the alarm on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women’s lives. As UN Women reports, “The impacts of crises are never gender-neutral, and COVID-19 is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Period poverty is a prevalent issue in South Africa, where there remains a large number of people who don’t have access to menstrual education or sanitary products. Creating access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Historically Black colleges saw a significant uptick in donations last year, and several of the incoming president’s campaign proposals pledged them additional funding. Higher education experts say these schools are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the U.S., millions of people lack reliable and affordable water, transportation, energy, and broadband access. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought these underlying infrastructure failures into sharp relief; for Americans who…