This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Globally, soaring amounts of greenhouse gas emissions are driving climate change and resulting in rising sea levels and more frequent and severe extreme weather events. The effects of climate change pay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Continuing my series on giving back to those in need, I’ll be focusing on the crippling epidemic of homelessness. This tragic circumstance affects millions around the world, including a staggering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Malmo, Sweden, a new building will serve as a place for local residents to meet refugees–and potentially give them work. At the height of the European refugee crisis in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This paper was published to inform the round table talks on ‘the importance of housing, land and property (HLP) rights in humanitarian response’ held in Geneva. The NRC and IFRC…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Koch brothers have a new target: poverty. Their group, Stand Together, has actually been around for a year and a half or so, but is planning to invest $21M…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance, the world’s first food bank, was founded in Arizona in 1967. John van Hengel was volunteering at St. Vincent DePaul when a mother told him…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funders can maximize the potential of the growing field of financial coaching by investing in strategies to make the practice more inclusive and diverse; increase the use of web-based coaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hayley Glatter spent six years as a summer camp counselor and writes about the lessons she learned in an article for The Atlantic. Here is a preview of her story.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two decades ago, on August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, popularly known as welfare reform, into law. At the time, liberals proclaimed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gun-related violence is a significant public health issue in the U.S.: in 2014, the latest year for which data are available, more than 33,000 people died of gunshot wounds and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These are actually two closely-related group therapy interventions, evaluated in separate studies, for youth who are at elevated risk of serious depression (e.g., exhibit moderate but not severe depressive symptoms).…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On June 5th, youth organizers from across Massachusetts converged on the State House in Boston for a public hearing before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The organizers have been…