This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The documentary, “Care” by director Deirdre Fishel and producer Tony Heriza, follows the lives of four caretakers who shed light on the challenges and hardships for caregivers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicole Corea from the Aspen Institute discusses J.D. Vance’s book entitled, Hillbilly Elegy, which analyzes the challenges of white, working class, rural communities who feel farther apart from the rest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • HandUp is a startup that is a public benefit corporation offering services to the homeless and was acquired by the Detroit-based South Oakland Shelter. • What makes HandUp a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many people are treating Amazon’s move as a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 — double the current $7.25 level. Although there is research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Atlantic profiles Berea College, a small school in Kentucky that has paid for every enrollment using its endowment for the past 126 years. And every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maurice Chammah reports that the Connecticut state prison system is working to help young women avoid recidivism by providing them with therapy, education, and job skills. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Silicon Valley billionaires are supposedly apocalypse-proofing themselves by buying up land in New Zealand on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the horseshoe curve of geological fault lines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Educators in Memphis are addressing disparities in contracts between local schools and minority-owned businesses. • What are some underlying causes for the racial disparities in Tenessee school districts? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the banning of sex discrimination laws, there is still an alarming absence of women in vocational professions. • Getting women in nontraditional certification programs for vocational occupations could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FoodTank interviews Ndidi Nwuneli about her agriculture programs that aim to end malnutrition in Nigeria and support local entrepreneurs and farmers along the way. • How are local food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FHI 360 highlights various programs around the world that focus on youth development, providing resources, training and opportunities for future economic success. • What can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pavithra Mohan reports that female breadwinners are becoming more common, but are still not seen as normal. She reveals how couples cope with the awkwardness created by the…