This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cullen O’Keefe describes how, where and why effective altruists pursue their work for social change. • Do you agree with a) the premise, b) the methods, and c) the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Soon after Matt Huckabay started his job as executive director, he saw a baby, teen mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother arriving together for services at the Center for Violence-Free Relationships. Each of the women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nathalia is in Pakistan, where she and the rest of the pharmacy teamwork to ensure that all our medics have the right drugs available to give patients the best possible…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) awarded a $4 million grant to Friends of the Children, President Terri Sorensen knew she had an unprecedented opportunity. If she could raise the $9.4…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If President Trump is looking for a successful bipartisan idea, one good candidate is the federal New Markets Tax Credit program, which attracts private investment into distressed communities. The program…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Victor Pio’s father was shot dead in the cloud forests of Peru’s central Amazon in 2013, he inherited a community already hardened by violence and misfortune. The loggers who had…
The college-going population continues to become more diverse racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically. Yet traditionally underrepresented students, who are more likely than others to begin at a community college, are the…
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 12 million people who rely on smallholder agriculture have improved their yields and income with the help of a single, simple piece of technology: a human-powered water…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An alarming new study shows just how difficult it is to find a quality school in the city of Detroit. The study found that the vast majority of Detroit children…
A fund that started out as an experimental bet on minority-owned small businesses in Detroit is about to get almost three times as big. The backers of the city’s Entrepreneurs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in 2016 there were 65.6 million people globally who were forcibly displaced, more than ever. Increasingly, the proportion moving to urban areas is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans can disrupt extreme poverty in the only place it’s growing — rural Africa. Thanks to technology, and the untapped capacity of villages to solve their own problems, we can…