This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the middle of the 19th century, the likelihood of death during childbirth was extraordinarily high. In Vienna, two maternity wards, one staffed by male doctors and one staffed by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday life for many people in both trivial and profound ways. Embracing pants without a waistband, trying out creative baking – and perhaps spending a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Al Gore warned, “The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented — and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.” It’s hard…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Implicit bias training does not meaningfully influence the part of the brain largely responsible for implicit bias and our instinctive reactions others who we do not consider to be our in-group,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At 75, Linda Grotberg is more than ready to retire. Instead, however, the mother of 11 and grandmother of 40 manages a small grocery store in her hometown of Wimbledon,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every month, Telita Hayes adds nearly $200 to the commissary account for her ex-husband, William Reese, who has been in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for 28 years. Each prisoner there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated an unprecedented $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to states, counties, tribal governments, and cities to address the pandemic’s disproportionate public health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We do not attack health care, education, charitable organizations, [and] social services,” said a representative of LockBit 2.0 (a prominent cybercrime gang) in an interview with the Russian YouTube channel OSINT earlier…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I am thrilled to share a few thoughts today about how corporations are advancing equity—what are some lessons learned and what is needed going forward? By way of introduction, I’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In October, Independent Sector released our second annual Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector. The report details the status of nonprofits’ finances, human capital, governance, and efforts to shape their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These past couple of years have again forced a reckoning between the fundamental human rights that American democracy should provide to everyone and the reality that we are falling far…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the holiday season kicking off, #GivingTuesday is just around the corner. A global movement, #GivingTuesday is a day focused on the two concepts of radical generosity: One, that the…