This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even in the best of times, no company can predict with perfect accuracy how it will perform in the future. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned even the most tentative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no coincidence that all four of this year’s finalists for the prestigious Global Citizen Prize for World Leader also happen to be women. While women only lead 21 countries worldwide and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, the NFIP is effectively bankrupt. It owes the U.S. Treasury nearly $25 billion – money it borrowed from federal taxpayers to cover its obligations in Sandy, Katrina (2005), and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement – the commitment by almost every country to try to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. It’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize the possession of all drugs on Nov. 3, 2020. Measure 110, a ballot initiative funded by the Drug Policy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our most recent report, On the Frontlines, which examines how nonprofit leaders of color are faring in the wake of the pandemic, the usual concerns about not being treated fairly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, tens of millions of Americans avoid the flu vaccine. During the 2019-2020 flu season, fewer than half of U.S. adults got the shot. The Latino population is more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world still has a long way to go before reaching gender equality, according to new research. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published The Social Institutions and Gender Index…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We know that the hunger crisis is real. We know that it happens in poverty-stricken communities in third-world countries. We also know that it happens in our own backyards. You…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is my donation tax-deductible? If you’re a U.S. taxpayer giving to a nonprofit or charity, you should be asking this question. The short answer: It depends on who you donate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A pair of new reports from Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings offers prognoses for the pandemic’s impact on colleges during 2021. Enrollment volatility will persist, the ratings agencies say. Moody’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What have we learned from COVID-19? We’ve learned that we suffer deeply when we lose human connection. That collaboration is the only way we can stop the spread of the virus.…