This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On April 7, 1938, 70-year-old W.E.B. Du Bois had invited his assistant editor to wait with him for the telephone call that would bring news that the board of trustees…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You’d think that nonprofits would lead the way when it comes to diversity. After all, many serve the downtrodden, including people of color, immigrants and the poor. But no. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1997, Beverly Daniel Tatum, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the psychology of racism, answered a recurring question that surfaced in her work with teachers, administrators, and parent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The damage that Hurricane Harvey is doing to the greater Houston area raises haunting memories of the devastation that New Orleans faced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Once the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In NAACP task force has recommended an end to for-profit charter schools and reforms that would take away much of the autonomy charters enjoy by holding them to many of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For Richard A. Carranza, the newly appointed Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, education has always represented a powerful gift brimming with opportunity. But he knows how hard it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Universities have long been a political battleground representing some of the United States’ most deeply held beliefs about meritocracy, who belongs, and who is “deserving” of higher education. I’m an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Evidence shows how institutional discrimination and adverse neighborhood and home environments leave boys and young men of color with fewer of the resources and skills necessary to succeed academically and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. many states allow discrimination against LGBTQ people, so it’s legal for many nonprofits to openly discriminate this way. BMP’s Sean Thomas-Breitfield said, “What stands out is that the nonprofit sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even after decades of affirmative action, black and Hispanic students are more underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities than they were 35 years ago, according to a New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Battalia Winston analyzed the leadership teams of the largest foundations and nonprofits in the United States and found that they, too, suffer from homogeneity. We found, for instance, that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reminiscing about the Dr. Seuss books we loved as children is usually a happy time for adults. We might remember first learning about equality in Horton Hears a Who! or getting starry-eyed…