This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Profit and impact are often aligned in the food and agriculture sector. Global food production could rise by 60 percent from 2007 to 2050, driven by a growing population and shifting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the past year, we have seen an overwhelming show of support from the philanthropic community to help address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only has there been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For years people have been asking how to diversify their orgs. This is discouraging. We’ve had endless DEI workshops, various “white papers” and articles, and at least one puppet show.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing dangerous lead pipes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Because of the compounding effects of discrimination in our medical, legal, and social services infrastructures, Black mothers and infants in the United States face worse health outcomes than other groups.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One day not long after the 2016 US presidential election, a white senior colleague asked me—the only Black tenure-line faculty in my college at that time—how Black people felt realizing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is changing. Compounding global crises have forced many funders to toss aside standard operating procedures and rethink not only how philanthropy should respond in a crisis but also how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A diverse, multigenerational movement is critical to realizing a more nourishing, regenerative, and equitable food future. Despite often being shut out of conventional positions of power or decision-making seats, younger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A long history of violence against Native people has led to the disproportionate disappearance and murder of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. Families and communities are left devastated, often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founded in 1993, BAMA Kids, Inc. (Better Activities Make All-Around Kids) began with a coalition for youth development which was formed to address the needs of low-resource youth in Camden,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and, most recently, Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, are a reminder of how far America has to go to remediate systemic harms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., only about 31.6 percent of eligible people were fully vaccinated as of Monday morning, and that number varies a lot from place to place — 23.8 percent of Alabamians…