This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Conflict is the midwife of consciousness.” – Paulo Freire In my lifetime, I have never felt more hopeful. The cacophony of unlikely factors that focused our vast nation (and much of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (CoC) was given the designation of achieving an “Effective End to Veteran Homelessness” from the United States Interagency Council on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Youth in the California foster care system face more barriers during the transition from high school to college than their non-foster-care peers, according to an Educational Results Partnership and California College…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nursing home residents and workers account for about one-third of COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far, according to media reports. Sheria Robinson-Lane, a gerontologist and assistant professor at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the first diagnosed case of COVID-19 in the United States on Jan. 20, 2020, news about infection rates, deaths and pandemic-driven economic hardships has been part of our daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What should philanthropy look like 45 years from now? Jara Dean-Coffey, Director, The Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Founder and Principal, Luminare Group “I increasingly find myself going to the origins of words,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lumber prices are up more than 500 percent in some areas, and people are even poaching trees from public forests for home projects, but this late-pandemic surge in lumber demand is a short-term threat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past year and a half, we experienced a global pandemic and racial injustice that reached a tipping point in our nation. As we rebuild, it’s more critical than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past decade, brick-and-mortar outposts have popped up across the U.S. to offer students who take online college courses a physical space to study and interact. In Denver, there’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden plans to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It seems like an obvious example of supply and demand. For years, business leaders have lamented a shortage of workers with abilities that are still beyond the reach of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re among the 25% of Americans averse to needles, you’re probably not surprised by the COVID-19 immunization stall. Even for those who want immunity, bribes with beer or lottery…