This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2000, rents have risen and the number of renters who need low-priced housing has increased. Nationwide, the market provides only 21 adequate, affordable, and available (AAA) units for every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spark MicroGrants, a small NGO that practices what’s called community-driven development, an approach that invites communities to design, execute and manage their own aid projects–farms to feed families, power lines, schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Consider the food bank, a staple on the menu of nonprofits in most communities. Food banks collect unwanted food from donors, including supermarkets, food manufacturers, individuals and the government, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s foundations spend many millions of dollars every year on investment advice. What do they get in return? You read that right: Money that could be spent on charitable programs — to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a problem with our conception of progress in America today. It’s based on money measures and not much else. Measure of America creates metrics to tell us about how people are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The relationship between employment and access to health care is a hallmark feature of the United States’ health care system. While this was not the case with Medicaid, the government-sponsored…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World Animal Net (WAN) believes that effective advocacy is essential to the achievement of lasting social change that advances the status and welfare of animals. For this reason, we designed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why is the refugee crisis all over the news? How is this related to Syria? Why should we care at all? This video attempts at explaining the refugee crisis in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What are the most common barriers to fair compensation, and what are the most effective ways that organizations can overcome them? This cutting-edge report on compensation practices outlines flexible approaches…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If America ever does take the radical step of introducing a universal basic income (UBI)–that is, a regular payment to all citizens to cover their basic needs–presumably the idea will need something…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin recently publicly dismissed the potential job loss impacts of emerging technologies associated with artificial intelligence (AI), saying that such possibilities remain 50 to 100 years away and…
If you’re lucky enough to live without want, it’s a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. UNICEF reports that in 2011, 6.9 million children under five died from preventable,…