This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research suggests that U.S. foundations trust Black-led organizations enough to give them money, but not enough to give them control. A recent analysis by Bridgespan and Echoing Green looked at a set of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It may have taken the triple pandemic of a lethal virus, sharp economic downturn, and the national awakening to the injustices of systemic racism for many to finally realize it’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s an indisputable link between charitable giving and the social norms that guide our behavior. People are more likely to engage in giving when others do so as well. Think…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Strengthen the Asylum Ecosystem Opportunities for asylum advocates to prioritize strategies and create a proactive vision. The attacks on the asylum system have overwhelmed organizations, forcing them into a triage and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Automation and artificial intelligence are transforming work at a dizzying pace. Rapid technological advances will require a forward-looking workforce that is ready to adapt. While much of the policy discussion has focused…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. BioNTech and the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced they had jointly developed a COVID-19 vaccine that was 90 percent effective against the coronavirus in clinical trials. Although the vaccine is not approved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Upticks in school violence increase the likelihood of elementary students transferring schools, according to a study published this week in American Educational Research Journal. Researchers, who studied six years of data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor saw a friend arguing on Twitter about Black identity. Aiwuyor noticed that the Twitter account her friend was fighting with was a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advocacy plans are like a long road trip. Along any road trip, you will have a series of slow-downs and rest stops. But similar to advocacy efforts, these setbacks shouldn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You can spend all day every day building a business, but what should you do when it becomes successful? Millionaire entrepreneur Timothy Sykes advocates for giving back to good causes.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Standing over the stove in the humid kitchen, peeling vegetables for her family’s lunch while her young daughter tugged at her jeans, Kayla told me that she wished she never…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic will change our society in ways that are difficult to predict with precision, but will undoubtedly be far-reaching, just as earlier crises from the Great Recession to…