This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States get to decide how they distribute the vaccine. However, they are expected to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls for prioritizing healthcare and essential frontline workers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Blindness is a major public health issue, both in India and across the world. It is estimated that 1.1 billion people globally live with a vision impairment and that 90 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “More and more people will suffer from extreme droughts if a medium-to-high level of global warming continues and water management is maintained at its present state,” says lead author Yadu Pokhrel, associate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa have shown remarkable agility, scope, and impact in the last nine months, especially in responding to the most-pressing problem in many vulnerable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The effects of the changing climate are already being felt, and by 2050, between 600 million and one billion people could be impacted by lethal heat waves. According to recent McKinsey…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Indigenous leadership offers lessons in responding to COVID-19 and how philanthropists can help invest capital into solutions. • What are the major challenges for Indigenous communities during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our study aims to gather information on how states, territories, and Washington, DC, communicated with jurisdictions effectively to provide time-sensitive information on school meal programs as a result of the…
Editor’s note: Two new strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 called B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 have been found in the U.K. and South Africa and are thought to be more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just over a year ago, the Rockefeller Foundation put out a global call for proposals for radical reform of our food systems. More than 1,300 teams from 119 countries responded.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sharon Austin, University of Florida On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half century…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Now that the vaccines are arriving, people are starting to dream. They say things like, “The second everyone in my family is vaccinated, we’re going on a big trip to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This will mark the 8th edition of our Social Entrepreneurs to watch for list. If you would like to check out the previous years of social entrepreneurs you can view them…