This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The nonprofit accelerator Food System 6 brings together entrepreneurs in the agriculture space to give them training on waste prevention, soil health, and other sustainable practices.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Leonard Armato, writing for The Hechinger Report, suggests the ways that high-poverty school districts can turn around by giving students new ways to excel and focusing on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of domestic violence is not unknown to homeless service providers: research consistently shows that high numbers of people experiencing homelessness have also survived domestic violence. For some it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The findings, in JAMA Internal Medicine, highlight fading economic opportunity as a driving factor in the ongoing national opioid epidemic, and build on previous research that links declining participation in the…
Andy Kuper founded LeapFrog Investments in 2007 and attracted more than $1 billion to its unique “profit with a purpose” approach. Today, companies it has helped grow serve 130 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sustainable Development Goals are off track. The prospects of the SDGs being realized by 2030 are bleak. The rapid pace of consistent decline in poverty and hunger until 2015…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate and social sustainability clearly shifting from a niche in the market to a significant driving force, graduates of sustainability programs are being entrusted with significant roles in companies across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic was expected to drive many families into hunger as jobs were lost and supply chains were interrupted. The prediction held true, but mostly for people of color. The nation’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 — one day after the deadliest day in American Jewish history — I mourned with members of Congregation Dor Hadash. The Pittsburgh Reconstructionist congregation met…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the economic precarity of rural America. Many rural and small towns were still struggling to recover from the last recession, and are now fighting for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pay discrimination is a big deal, and it continues to affect people of color, particularly women. While women account for almost half of the workforce, on average, they earn less…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the approximately 820 million people coping with chronic hunger, it’s not about missing a single meal; it’s about days and months and years of being undernourished. For children, continued…