This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Should the Census count boarding school students at their parents’ addresses or at their schools? Where should it count military personnel deployed overseas? To determine where to count people with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. State leaders have proven to be some of our nation’s greatest champions for confronting the climate crisis in recent years, passing strong laws and policies to address some of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I picked up a lot of new habits over the past year. With the pandemic scrambling “life as usual,” everything from how I eat, sleep, and exercise to how I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Idaho’s public colleges and universities have lost more than 5,000 students since the pandemic. It’s not worst-case scenario stuff. The 18-month dropoff was 8.7%, but administrators feared a 20% decrease.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Congress and the White House debate criminal-justice reforms, governors and legislatures are moving beyond debate to action. And given that 90 percent of our nation’s prisoners are housed in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ask any nonprofit leader and you’re likely to hear that investments in capacity make a meaningful difference to organizations. Research backs this up. A study of Meyer Foundation grants found that investments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the decades I’ve been in prison, I’ve seen firsthand how communication with the outside world comes at a price. All too often, prisoners are forced to use their blood…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard not to pay attention to the rise of alternative meat and dairy products after witnessing the market response to Beyond Meat’s 2019 initial public offering, which saw a 163…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy relies on the amassed wealth of families and institutions that have benefited from systemic racism. As a result, the institution has a power imbalance in where funds go and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of us think of capacity building as the boring but important stuff we need to get our missions done: people, office and program space, technology, infrastructure, professional development, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The good news? Enrollment in new cancer therapy clinical trials has returned to normal, at least within one large trial network, a year after the pandemic began. The bad news?…