This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As world leaders fight for climate change solutions, I think it’s time to talk about a related and critical need: To give ourselves the best shot at solving the biodiversity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Your board casts the vision for the work and mission of your nonprofit organization. Nevertheless, the ideas and talents of nonprofit board members are sometimes underutilized, neglecting a potential catalyst…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May, the world looked on in horror as a mass grave of 215 children’s remains was located using ground-penetrating radar at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada. It…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An analysis of all 50 states’ school COVID-19 policies finds widespread discordance and variation. The look at policies about masking in schools, requiring COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students and teachers,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After escaping from slavery in 1838, Frederick Douglas became a national leader of the abolitionist movement and later started an antislavery newspaper in Rochester, New York, called The North Star. Almost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. High-profile police shootings and deaths of black men in custody – or even while out jogging – bring cries of racism across the country. The May 25 death of George…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Historically, private foundations have focused on principal capital preservation while distributing their 5% payout for social good. Today, the world of impact investing has more and more philanthropists asking how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I really want people to know that just because our school has a lot of kids with behavior problems doesn’t mean it’s a bad school,” a fifth-grader whom I’ll call…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Escalation is a natural tendency in any form of human competition. When such competition entails military confrontation, the pressure to escalate can become intense, and the consequences of escalation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By the late 21st century, northeastern U.S. cities will see worsening hurricane outcomes, with storms arriving more quickly but slowing down once they’ve made landfall. As storms linger longer over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The many indigenous Americans who believe the myth that they are genetically predisposed to heavy drinking may crave alcohol more, drink more frequently, and suffer worse alcohol-related consequences than those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 80 percent of Indigenous women in the United States have experienced violence in their lifetime. Indigenous women in the United States are going missing and getting murdered, at…