This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Even though playing sports on a regular basis can boost physical and mental health, for some serious high-school athletes—sports can be a key contributor to depression and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Barnum unpacks two studies that paint different pictures of teachers unions and explains why it is impossible to definitively characterize teachers unions as good or bad. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is poverty a crime? A quick answer is, of course, yes: poverty is systemically created and punished. Debtors’ prisons, mass incarceration, and the structure of the welfare system are just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporation conducted two studies on restorative justice practices at the middle school level and found only a small negative impact on academic outcomes. However, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Organizations in the social sector can make a more substantial impact by garnering and listening to constituent feedback. • Constituent feedback can have clear benefits for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new preliminary research, climate change and population growth could spur water shortages across the United States. • What roles can philanthropists and policymakers play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study reports that adults who eat more dietary cholesterol—such as that in eggs—have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease and of death from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Ford Foundation’s Kathy Reich discusses the organization’s BUILD initiative, which aims to support nonprofits who are making an impact on inequality issues. • One of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lakota horse culture in South Dakota is centered around the belief that all living things are connected and can thus react to one another. Combining traditional Lakota horse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jennifer Rainey Marquez at Futurity discusses research on the effects of vaping versus cigarette smoking and finds that an increasing number of US adults believe e-cigarettes are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Futurity reports on a new study that shows the results of positron emission tomography (PET) scans and how this brain imaging can detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques affects clinical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Patti Verbanas explains that researchers found that depressed African Americans were more likely to be misdiagnosed than other groups. Genetics, poverty, and discrimination also played a role. •…