This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each and every person can be a philanthropist, and I believe philanthropy is more about generosity than it is about wealth. As a Muslim, I am invited by my faith…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the aftermath of the powerful racial justice protests that swept the nation in the summer of 2020, the Raikes Foundation launched the Black Leadership & Power Fund to support leaders of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The times are calling us to find and address root causes: A global pandemic, deepening inequities, worsening natural disasters, a tsunami of species extinctions, rising authoritarianism around the world, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A creek running through the city of Ames in central Iowa was officially renamed from Squaw Creek to Ioway Creek in February 2021, after a yearlong process that involved local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last fall, a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Undefeated showed that seven out of 10 Black Americans believe that people are treated unfairly based on race or ethnicity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated violence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has joined hundreds of cities and counties across the country in declaring racism a public health threat. On April 8, 2021, CDC Director…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Powered by grant money and research on which communities aren’t being served, food banks across the country have been working with BIPOC, immigrant, and refugee communities to even the playing…
Even with more Americans tackling systemic racism, including the Biden administration making racial equity a priority, the homeownership gap between Black and white Americans continues to grow, widening the racial wealth gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly one year after the violent murder of George Floyd in broad daylight, the police officer charged with his death has been found guilty, and our country — and classrooms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It should come as no surprise that well-known police killings like Daunte Wright’s can lead to worse mental health for Black Americans specifically, but a new study provides new empirical evidence of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Native American-led nonprofit organization was recently up for a grant renewal. Its CEO had hoped the process would be routine. After all, his organization had been a grantee of…