This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s the good news: With federal relief funds and the $1 trillion infrastructure legislation that passed last year, cities will have new resources to tackle challenges such as making public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the omicron variant spreads across the world, families and schools are grappling with how to continue their children’s education. Tired of online learning and worried about safety, parents’ and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Do Good Institute breaks down how shifting life milestones including education, employment, marriage, having children can impact volunteering and donations from young people. • How have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic, which began as a shock to our lives in 2020 and continues to affect everything we do as a nation, changed the fabric and rituals of daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In November, Aspen Words announced the longlist for the fifth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award recognizing a work of fiction that addresses a vital social issue. The selected books explore questions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the end of 2021, NPQ convened an advisory committee on racial justice and asked the question: What is the edge of current racial justice work? The group converged around “building pro-Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of No Child Left Behind, President George W. Bush’s landmark education legislation championed by bipartisan leaders ranging from Ted Kennedy to John…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By 2023 the first commercial-scale wind farm, constructed by Vineyard Wind, is expected to deliver enough energy to Massachusetts to power 400,000 homes and businesses. But fishing communities are pushing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural hospitals are often the lifeblood of their communities, in terms of jobs provided and lives saved, but hundreds have shuttered in recent decades and the pandemic has accelerated that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People living in the western U.S. have been concerned about wildfires for a long time, but the past two years have left many of them fearful and questioning whether any…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmental justice in land conservation requires practitioners to slow down and consider the foundations that exclude or enable relationships with and control over land. The following stories highlight three organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Angela Phillips had been in labor for almost three days when her doctors began to pressure her to have a cesarean section. There wasn’t a medical reason other than the…