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The most common refrain in the U.S. today is that we are more divided than we’ve been in generations — not only along partisan lines, but also across racial, religious,…

During his confirmation hearing in February, Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland pledged that his first order of business would be to “supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who…

The private sector has come a long way with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR) since Milton Friedman’s infamous declaration in The New York Times in 1970 that “The social responsibility of a business…

In an interview with Joan Garry about Community-Centric Fundraising, a colleague asked, “How do we move our donors from sympathy to empathy?” This, in many ways, has been the evolution…

As schools approach the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, educators, parents and policymakers in Philadelphia are increasingly concerned about how the youngest students are learning to read. The shift…

Gibrielys Delgado was overwhelmed and needed help. The sophomore at Cleveland’s Max Hayes High School grew up in Puerto Rico in a Spanish-speaking family and moved to Cleveland only a…

There’s a lovely expression that many of us in the Black community use when we want to repair strained relationships with each other; it’s an expression that always moves me…

To ensure that a post-pandemic recovery does not leave low-income and Black and Latinx communities even further behind, the Chicago Community Trust recently launched Together We Rise: For an Equitable and Just Recovery.…

Access to water is a basic human right that many Americans may not think twice about, yet each day in the U.S., people live without this basic necessity that promotes…

Housing insecurity was a widespread problem among low-income renters well before the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2019, more than 10 million households spent over half their income on rent. Today, households earning…

When people look for help from safety net programs, they are often at a low point. That the process for receiving legally mandated aid should so often be bewildering and,…

Domestic violence rates are increasing in developing and developed countries alike during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of domestic violence incidents in the US increased by 8.1% after lockdown orders, according to…