This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the dusty outskirts of Bakersfield, Rosa Perez and her family are living without a basic housing amenity — clean water. Though they pay the water bill each month, what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Controlled Studies Ease Worries of Widespread Long COVID in Kids: Via Stat. “Over the last two years, experts’ understanding of long COVID in children has deepened. Several peer-reviewed studies now include control…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US has a massive shortage of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous professionals in high-skill health-care roles. Black Americans are only 4 percent of physicians and less than 7 percent of recent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite being home to more than half a million people, Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. have often lacked local news that connected communities and lifted up diverse perspectives. That all changed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s ironic, and it’s unfortunate: At many nonprofits, boards are excluded from the organization’s efforts around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This can happen for several reasons. The DEI training…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elizabeth Yeampierre has been an important voice on these issues for more than two decades. As co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance, she leads a coalition of more than 70 organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Parks and green spaces can tremendously benefit a community. When the community is involved in planning and decisionmaking processes, park amenities can better mirror the community’s priorities. Last month, the DC-based nonprofit Casey…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2017, Open Society Foundations launched a global Community Youth Fellowship Program — a collaborative grantmaking initiative focused on engaging young people as individual grantees through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. The program…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite a two-month extension of the federal eviction moratorium announced August 3, 11 million people are still at risk of eviction and homelessness as they wait for states to disburse emergency rental assistance. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. That’s almost 1 in 4 Americans, with 76.7 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over 20 years ago, the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation launched its Girls’ Initiative to amplify support for women and girls. More recently, the foundation’s board, historically mostly women, expanded its equity and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For a couple years, the future looked like it could be meat-free. In 2019, the plant-based protein startup Beyond Meat celebrated the most successful IPO in over a decade and a few…