This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act expands on a 2010 law protecting animals subjected to “crush videos,” where small animals are seen crushed to death by faceless women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Council of Independent Colleges, which represents more than 750 private nonprofit schools and higher education organizations, announced earlier this month it is launching a consortium of Ohio institutions aiming to improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Those living in rural versus metropolitan counties, and those living farther from the hospital where they received their cancer diagnosis, are more likely to find out at a later cancer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over time, internet access has shifted from an amenity to a necessity. Nothing has illustrated that shift more clearly than the pandemic, which forced school, work and most everything else…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s the summer of cascading disasters in the United States: Downpours have made rivers of major metropoles’ transit lines, a coastal condo collapsed, flames have engulfed vast swaths of land,…
Learning science is always advancing, yielding new insights about how people gain and retain knowledge and skills. How can classroom teachers keep up—and even conduct their very own research to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dallas principal Ruby Ramirez knew trouble was brewing when the school counselor came to her office looking grim. A once gregarious, curious student was disappearing before their eyes, the counselor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from the nonprofit CDP identified more than 300 sustainable infrastructure projects across 97 U.S. cities, with a collective funding and financing gap of at least $10.6 billion. The report, based…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CEP’s latest research report, Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits, provides further evidence of the devastating impact of 2020 on nonprofits — and how the crises of the past year hit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Not too long ago, I chatted with a successful entrepreneur who had started four failed companies before his big break. Time after time, failure after failure, investors continued to believe…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What’s so wrong with shared housing? The answer is nothing. Shared housing is a completely normal and accepted living situation. Families share housing while raising kids. Roommates share housing, especially…