This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My son, nine years old and in third grade, asked me why George Floyd was killed and why so many people were protesting. I asked him what he knew about racism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Personal experiences with racial discrimination are common for black Americans. But certain segments within this group – most notably, those who are college educated or male – are more likely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Are you looking for ways to improve your board’s performance? Explore innovative thinking on board leadership and transition. Governance may not be the sexiest topic on the planet, but we find that many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year philanthropists invest $6.1 billion in private scholarships for more than 1.6 million students on their way to earning a college degree. Many of these scholarships were created to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Greenwashing reached pandemic proportions in 2021 as businesses and governments raced to tell the world how much they care about people and planet, with varying degrees of credibility. Every type…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The earliest years of education for children matters. And while it has taken as long as until 2021 for America to highlight a promising early learning policy, there is renewed hope…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. English learners (ELs)—students who speak one or more languages other than English and need support to access English curricula—are a growing population in community colleges in the US. In addition to language,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), I have all too often observed that conversations about health equity ignore disability issues. We must shift the narrative about social justice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic-induced recession has disproportionately affected people of color because of historic and ongoing structural racism—the policies and practices that have caused deep racial disparities in access to wealth-building opportunities and upward mobility.…
Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. California is preparing for a third straight year of drought, and officials are tightening limits on water use to levels never seen so early in the water year. Most of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Can everyday people make a difference in their communities without millions of dollars? Lucy Bernholz, a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, believes that…