This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first installment of our event series Justice & Culture: Exploring the Impact of Entertainment on Criminal Justice we are joined by Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change. In the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How to decolonize your mind… your curriculum… your bookshelf. We’ve all seen these articles make their rounds. In the midst of this summer’s protests against racism and police brutality, one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2017, the FBI reported that white supremacists posed a “persistent threat of lethal violence” that has produced more fatalities than any other category of domestic terrorists since 2000. Alarmingly,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This Ford Foundation white paper can inform philanthropic efforts to replace the underrepresentation of disability in media with proportional, accurate, and intersectional representation. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Nuance.” That was investor and donor Liesel Pritzker’s straightforward answer to the question of what giving done right looks like to her when my colleague Grace Nicolette asked — as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A growing contingent of advocates and academics have warned that many Americans no longer have the time, skills, resources, or physical ability to prepare the kinds of recipes lawmakers envisioned…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The absence of political leadership in finding bold solutions to the entrenched failure of our school system demands that individuals and philanthropic organizations step up. Credit Michael Bloomberg for doing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across Los Angeles, tens of thousands of empty lots sit vacant. They’ve been there since the Watts Riots of 1965, and have become dumping grounds for trash, makeshift tent sites for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The competition between colleges and universities looking to attract first-generation students is fierce. So what strategies should you use to attract them? A recent survey conducted by Niche looked at students whose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year was filled with extreme weather fueled by climate change. California was overrun by mudslides, and there were dangerous heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. More than four in ten Americans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During this hurricane season, the increase in named storms has been attributed in part to warmer temperatures below the surface of the Atlantic, but scientists have observed a growing number of storms per season…