This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Yoder explains that climate change will increase heat waves, increasing the number of babies born early, which can have life-long health consequences. • Yoder highlights how inequitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather Villanueva explains how More Equitable Democracy helped to pass a bill to end prison gerrymandering in Washington State. • How can other states learn from Washington’s efforts?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) is drawing on the African heritage of local families to help boost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Criminal justice researchers have found that there is still a racial disparity in prison sentences and time served behind bars between black and white individuals. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many girls and women, life is one obstacle after another. Consider these staggering statistics: More than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate people are women At least 500…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Khalil Abdullah explains Gilberto Amaya’s efforts to expand the census to include more racial minorities. • How can funders help to expand understanding of and data around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jon Deane, writing for The 74, discusses why schools should be required to make school data accessible for parents and their children to make the best…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Baltimore Museum of Art recently announced that it would only purchase works made by women in the next year in an effort to be more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Workplaces in the development sector could be doing a better job of building safer spaces for women that protect them from sexual violence, especially in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melissa Walls, a member of the Ojibwe tribe, shares her understanding of the health gaps and inequities that Native American communities have faced for many years. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Yellowbrick, a New York-based company, targets Gen Z students by observing what they would like to study and partners with post-secondary institutions along with media, music…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alan Barreca, Professor of Environmental Economics at UCLA, believes that higher temperatures caused by climate change are causing pregnant women to deliver their babies earlier. • How can…