This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although the global poverty rate has lowered dramatically since 1990, Global Citizen explains that these numbers are unlikely to keep declining at such a rapid rate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeff Raikes explains how equity is different from equality and why that difference is fundamental to understanding how to advance the needs of marginalized communities in the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Kinds in Need of Defence (KIND) details the violations and abused that unaccompanied children are experiencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. • How can funders work to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Flip the Switch is a documentary about “Solar Mamas:” women from developing countries training to become solar engineers. • How will this documentary shed light on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Long recounts his positive experience coming out as a trans man to his high school students, and ways that educators can create supportive environments for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that many people on probation are low-income and are are not able to pay high probation fees, which keeps them in a cycle of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part one of a three-part series. Read part two and part three. Nuclear weapons. Quick, what do you feel or think when you hear those words? Do you associate the phrase…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathryn Zickuhr at D.C. Policy Center writes on data and research when it comes to applying a racial equity lens to fines and fees in Washington D.C. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This story from the Prison Policy Initiative discusses a Washington bill which requires the state to count prisoners as residents of their hometown for voting purposes.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Washington and the Seattle International Foundation co-hosted a panel to discuss the complexities of child marriage and how to address this practice. • What is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from the Cato Institute, author Jeffrey A. Singer argues that opioid producers are not causing overdose and addictions rates to rise. Instead, criticism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from the Hechinger Report, author Jill Barshay discusses a solution that has been proposed for increasing racial diversity in gifted classrooms across the…