This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Annie Belcourt explains how native Americans are working to overcome the healthcare inequalities that contribute to their shortened lives. • How can funders support these efforts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions gathered panelists for the Working in America Series to discuss how race plays a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author describes the experience of Michael Bloomberg when he was mayor of NYC and his role in helping the city address non-communicable diseases, thus showing that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Georgetown University’s Achieve Chat service helps connect first-year, first-generation college students with seniors to help answer any lingering questions about the college process that they might have. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A central idea of the American dream is that “if you work hard, you will be secure” however, it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach that goal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hunger By the Sea is an animated short film that portrays food poverty through the eyes of individuals who go to a food bank in a seaside…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As we approach the one-year anniversary of Amazon announcing a competition to host their second headquarters in North America, Brookings examines how we got here —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for News Deeply, Naipanoi Lepapa explains why the residents of a Kenyan village are protesting the loss of their land to the government. According to Lepapa, these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “And how are the children?” – African Proverb In America, one in 10 young adults ages 18-25, and at least one in 30 adolescents ages 13-17, experience some form of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researcher David Roodman found, even using the most favorable cost-benefit valuation for the “deterrence” hypothesis, that even if increasing incarceration rates leads to a decrease in crime,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tove Danovich explains how the excess whey created by the dairy industry presents problems – and opportunities for social entrepreneurs to use the byproduct to create new value…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • “Nudge theory” speculates that small, incremental choices can help achieve more substantial social benefits, and educators are utilizing this behavioral theory to increase enrollment at schools. …