This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of tons of hazardous wastes have been produced in the United States in the last 100 years and have been dispersed into the air, water, as well as on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When deciding to co-host a panel discussion on culturally responsive grantmaking and evaluation last year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin we had to confront some ugly truths. Too often grantmakers, decision-makers, and…
Philanthropy, like other sectors facing a moral reckoning on racial equity, continues to have a vital role to play in creating an America that lives up to the promise of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cara Hoffman was a young reporter in 1994 when she covered an explosion at a chemical plant in Buffalo, New York. She remembers a toxic plume coating nearby lawns in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nationwide, 67% of K-12 schools still lack the recommended internet connectivity speed of 1 megabits per second per student, according to a report by Connected Nation. That digital learning gap affects 31.5 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning–with lots of versions and variability–provoked renewed interest in new school models. And, compared to 20 years ago, the invention opportunity is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research suggests that U.S. foundations trust Black-led organizations enough to give them money, but not enough to give them control. A recent analysis by Bridgespan and Echoing Green looked at a set of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It may have taken the triple pandemic of a lethal virus, sharp economic downturn, and the national awakening to the injustices of systemic racism for many to finally realize it’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Strengthen the Asylum Ecosystem Opportunities for asylum advocates to prioritize strategies and create a proactive vision. The attacks on the asylum system have overwhelmed organizations, forcing them into a triage and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor saw a friend arguing on Twitter about Black identity. Aiwuyor noticed that the Twitter account her friend was fighting with was a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Standing over the stove in the humid kitchen, peeling vegetables for her family’s lunch while her young daughter tugged at her jeans, Kayla told me that she wished she never…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost a decade into her tenure as superintendent of Highline Public Schools in Burien, Washington, Susan Enfield guides her district’s work not with a mission or vision statement, but with…