This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea States’ financial investments in public benefit programs for low-income families are associated with less child abuse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 — one day after the deadliest day in American Jewish history — I mourned with members of Congregation Dor Hadash. The Pittsburgh Reconstructionist congregation met…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the economic precarity of rural America. Many rural and small towns were still struggling to recover from the last recession, and are now fighting for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pay discrimination is a big deal, and it continues to affect people of color, particularly women. While women account for almost half of the workforce, on average, they earn less…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 18 months away, the fabric of our community had begun to fray. We’d forgotten what it looked like to learn together and eroded part of the foundation of trust…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s really hard not to compare foundation funding to state/public funding when we’re discussing abortion access. How can philanthropy expect abortion activists to combat both antis and the state when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Independent Sector’s Visiting Scholar, I have the unique opportunity to bridge the practitioner and academic spheres of the nonprofit sector. Recently, I observed the need for reliable nonprofit data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February 2017, when Keia Blount was preparing to be released after serving a five-year prison term at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, she had no idea where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the last 18 months have made you angry, frustrated, and exhausted, you’re certainly not alone. Threats to our democracy, natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, and humanitarian crises have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For example, a recent Southern Illinois University Medicine report found that rural Illinois is short as many as 19,100 nurses, Jakob Emerson reports for WICD in Springfield. The reasons cited in the report likely apply in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October’s UN Sustainable Development Goal of the Month recognizes Goal 2: Zero Hunger. “Zero Hunger” speaks to the multi-dimensional approach needed to tackle food insecurity – from increasing access to healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some 28 million Americans still aren’t eligible for coronavirus vaccines—elementary school-aged kids between the ages of 5 and 11—but Biden administration officials announced that’s poised to change soon. The White…