This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have been there. The visit from the big city or national funder. The awkward conversations with the visitors that want to get the best shrimp and grits or crawfish.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy to find your locality’s coronavirus vaccination rate, but what about its vaccine hesitancy rate, or local interest in vaccination? Two new interactive tools reveal those numbers. One uses…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Carbon Sink Demonstration Farm located in San Diego County is working to model how small farmers can implement and benefit from carbon farming practices. The 87-acre Carbon Sink Farm was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. California took a major step today towards regulating dangerous “forever chemicals” in drinking water by proposing new health limits for two of the most pervasive contaminants. State environmental health officials recommended…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an attempt to respond to a volcanic eruption of discourse around systemic racism and police brutality, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce masqueraded in a modern version of blackface. Roughly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret that trade policies in the United States have been captured by wealthy, corporate interests that prioritize growing their power and profits at the expense of working people. For generations,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Policing and police violence are at the forefront of public conversation. Some in the tech industry think they can help transform policing with apps, but the results have so far…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the pandemic, the employment gap between Black and Hispanic Americans and white Americans reached record highs. They were the first fired and the last hired. At the same time, while the…
In episode 109 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Molly Stillman on her learnings and impact on spending a decade covering and interviewing social entrepreneurs and impact brands. Molly Stillman is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trees’ role in agriculture tend to be viewed as limited to the lumber industry or highly organized orchards to grow fruits, but some farmers are looking to the forest floor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been a year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered American schools. It was an unprecedented experiment in widespread virtual education, combined with a massive global crisis that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Matt Frey is a data guy. As Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, he often slips into his district’s sea of digital usage data to understand…