This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Beyond the obvious health crisis precipitated by COVID-19, the pandemic has sparked massive unemployment – more than 9 million American workers are still out of work – which, in turn, has exacerbated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s longstanding achievement gaps have been made more acute by the learning losses of the COVID-19 crisis. As a response, we have seen an increasingly strong admonition that states and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Leiha Edmonds, Clair Minson, and Ananya Hariharan explain how nonprofits can use racial equity and inclusion (REI) as a lens to improve their measurement and evaluation practices. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The resistance of many rural Americans to coronavirus vaccines is often attributed to their politics (support of Donald Trump) or their media habits (skepticism of science), but it has deeper,…
High-achieving students from modest economic backgrounds experience college life and opportunities for them during a summer college prep program at Franklin & Marshall College. If the American system does not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hydraulic fracturing boom is waning in Appalachia. Though advocates have touted fracking as a manufacturing-jobs booster in recent years, it created “startlingly few” jobs in the region, and most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 1904 and 1908, German soldiers and settler colonists killed about half of all Nama people and over 80% of the Herero ethnic group. On May 28, 2021, German Foreign…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how college students often struggle fulfilling basic needs such as food and shelter while pursuing an education. In 2019, 45% of students in higher education reported…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a world of increasing transparency, we expect that what’s on the label will reflect what’s inside the package. This is as true for an “organic, cage-free” label on a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools grapple with longstanding racial inequities brought into sharp focus by recent cases of police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic, one problem stands out: Black girls often face both…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MacKenzie Scott’s latest $2.74 billion round of grants made big news for the outsized impact one donor can have on the nonprofit sector and for its focus on tackling inequities. Also notable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An estimated 30 to 40% of homes on the Navajo Nation lack running water, a share second only to the rate found in remote Alaskan villages. The size of the…