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Unrestricted grants produce powerful impacts, but we won’t see more of them until we address the hidden barriers.

The authors discuss the Learning Action Alliance for Girls’ Agency at Brookings and its work accelerating progress toward the SDGs by centering girls’ agency.

This year, the women’s suffrage movement’s centennial celebrations were extended to commemorate the historic victory guaranteeing women’s institutional right to vote. As we honor Black, Native American, Asian American, and Latinx…

A 2018 U.S. Trust survey found that 80% of advisors reported making it a practice to ask their clients about philanthropy, yet only 45% of high net worth individuals are…

Teaching young learners in the pandemic has been challenging for many educators, but those instructing English language learners virtually face even steeper obstacles. These students may struggle with remote learning due to lack of access…

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we must lift up women as uniquely positioned to lead philanthropy in its efforts to strengthen democracy. This is strongly supported by…

Recent federal efforts to disaggregate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander data have led to a better understanding of inequities, but data gaps persist.

After the 1996 Dickey Amendment halted federal spending on gun violence research, a small group of academics pressed on, with little money or support. Now a new generation is taking up the charge.

CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Curt Nickisch. Women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the U.S. for instance, women left the workforce…

The early childhood field is in the very early stages of trying out artificial intelligence for tasks such as classroom observations…

Philanthropic practices that focus on programmatic impact and outcomes often overlook the needs of people doing the work, without whom no impact can be made.

On this episode of the Big Brains podcast, neurobiologist Karl Herrup argues we need to go back to the drawing board on Alzheimer’s disease.