This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent paper in the science journal Marine Policy asks if the current focus on plastic pollution is distracting society from even larger challenges facing the ocean, and if a focus on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women hold two-thirds of the jobs in the harshest category of work, according to new report on Washington workers during the pandemic. The researchers looked at data on demographics, working…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from The Aspen Institute aims to address misguided, preconceived notions about rural America, many of which are shaped by the media. • How does…
Rural areas are seeing some of the fastest spread of the COVID-19 in the U.S., taxing already stressed rural health care systems. Researchers Tanisa Adimu and Amanda Phillips Martinez head…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For health funders, it is essential that we realize that even given all of the unforeseen devastation of COVID-19, and the compounding social crises in its wake, many of our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For Nathan Bradford Jr., work doesn’t end after his full-time job. When he’s not working at a natural gas processing plant, he’s ranching in Bristow, Oklahoma. There’s a lot of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the presidential election of 2016 did nothing else, it put rural America’s “brain drain” on the public radar. Seemingly overnight, reporters and political pundits started connecting dots they had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Charlotte Brugman: Tell me a little bit about your organizations and what led you both to seek grantee feedback for the first time. Tim Wilson: City Bridge Trust is London’s largest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By some measures, 2020 has had the most mass shootings of any recent year, despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting down many workplaces, schools, and public venues. And mass violence events are continuing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in integrated health-wealth strategies that benefit families and children provide the greatest opportunity to set the conditions for children, regardless of race, gender, and zip code, to thrive now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the number of reported hate crimes dipped slightly in 2018, violence against individuals rose to a 16-year high, according to numbers released Tuesday by the FBI. The main concern for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Surfrider Foundation’s 4th annual State of the Beach Report once again found that most coastal and Great Lake states need to improve shoreline management practices and increase efforts to…