This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of meatpacking plants across the country have struggled to contain outbreaks. Many of the hardest-hit plants are in the Midwest and Great Plains, where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What drives someone to give? While it’s safe to say that many associate the primary force behind donating comes from a positive place, that may not always be true. Many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a virtual panel on digital and physical food security organized by Food Tank and the Refresh Working Group, experts discussed how technology can equitably improve food security. Moderated by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early ’80s—when Euan Bonner was just five or so—he and his dad would tinker with their Commodore 64, copying code from magazines into the PC so they could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There has never been a time with more accurate data about nonprofits before now. Despite this, many misconceptions about nonprofits still exist, from the belief that nonprofits “aren’t really businesses”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although many foundations continuously seek to expand both the impact and sustainability of the initiatives they sponsor and/or support, limitations in foundations’ financial, intellectual, and relational capital can thwart their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial and ethnic minority communities that lack internet access have been left behind in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The average monthly cost of internet access, about US$70,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle area has the country’s third largest concentration of citizens like Lovey, experiencing homelessness, and the city has become the centre of the US’s battle against the spread of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. News media and scholarly reporting frequently misrepresent or misunderstand rural America. Few examples illustrate this more than the wake of the 2016 election, when droves of largely nonrural reporters flocked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social studies is typically considered the most suitable subject area for developing citizenship skills and knowledge. Yet, social studies has been on the chopping block at schools across the country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is no denying that a long road remains ahead of the United States in 2021. Bringing an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring equitable economic recovery, and healing a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of President Biden’s first days in office, he has proposed expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) for workers without children living at home, who are considered “childless” for tax…