This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing women in the US out of the workplace in droves, putting them at risk of years of unemployment and financial uncertainty. US employers cut 140,000 jobs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In October 2020, we released the interim findings from our Coordination in place project, which aims to investigate and share learning around place-based local action during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past six months,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world watched with a sense of dread in 2018 as Cape Town, South Africa, counted down the days until the city would run out of water. The region’s surface…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through much of the last year, COVID-19 has propelled many people to accept and follow new patterns of behavior. These include wearing a mask in public, attempting to socially distance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Editor’s note: The economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of Americans who can’t always get enough to eat, including children. The Conversation U.S. asked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grantmaking from donor-advised funds (DAFs) is up — and it’s up enormously. At National Philanthropic Trust, our grant dollars doubled in 2020. Other DAF sponsors reported a similar pattern. What is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is the largest and most pervasive threat to both people and the planet. Yet, too often funders still tend to think of climate change as siloed in our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Capital punishment is the culmination of violence at both ends of society: the violence of the individual criminal, who is caught in a cycle of violence and whose life ends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Crisis, conflict, social media, and ego are devastating communities across the country, and last week, we saw them lead to an unprecedented attack on our nation’s Capitol. This public display…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine grabbing a math badge on Khan Academy and automatically jumping to the next lesson in school. Imagine having a tutor that knows how you learn best and where you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part Two in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts One, Three, and Four. By August, city and community leaders in Savannah, Ga. are expected to have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As I begin to think about the year of content and coverage ahead, I thought I’d start things off by sharing some big questions I’ll be asking in 2021 —…