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As a shortage of workers pushes wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor’s degree is softening, even as the price, and the average debt into which it plunges students, remain high.

In their edited volume, Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, and John W. McArthur argue that a new narrative needs to capture the interwoven nature of the world’s climate and economic development challenges, anchored in the evolving and diverse perspectives of developing countries themselves.

As funders aiming to secure safety, self-determination, and freedom for all, the rising threat of surveillance cannot be ignored. The practice is more widespread than ever, and continues to harm communities at the margins, as well as those fighting for justice and liberation. On November 30, 2022, Borealis Philanthropy’s Spark Justice Fund held a teach-in for philanthropy to hear from frontline organizers and activists representing Eye on Surveillance, Mijente, and Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) on various grassroots efforts to combat both mass surveillance and incarceration. This toolkit provides an overview of learnings from this event and additional resources to help guide funders in their learning journey about the many intersections of surveillance with justice-oriented work. ACCESS THE TOOLKIT

There’s been a lot of ink spilled over what’s been framed as a national shortage of teachers, including fears of a coronavirus-related mass exodus from …

Photo by Chris Gallagher, Unsplash Applying for any large federal grant requires working staff, money, and application know-how. Those are i…

Can a butterfly in Chicago cause a tornado in Hong Kong? A metaphorical concept called the “butterfly effect” describes the sensitivity of a system to minor changes. The use of…

Massive earthquakes have affected millions of people. Here are ways that you can help Turkey and Syria earthquake survivors.

Hidden flood risks have created a massive housing bubble. Low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge by 10 percent.

Content warning: gun violence.The morning of Oct. 24, 2022, I was facilitating a meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia for education and youth …