This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The cycle of poverty can sometimes mean you have what you need right in front of you, but the complications—of global market forces, of information and access, of food security—keep…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global chains of supply and distribution are not unfamiliar with disruptions and upheavals, the likes of which caused by the tumultuous invasion of Ukraine being particularly pertinent to the discussion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What if a city could help stop homelessness before it happened? Some cities are using predictive analytics and other strategies to identify residents who are at risk. Ensuring residents stay…
As world leaders gathered in Paris to negotiate a new climate agreement in December 2015, more than 600,000 people in 175 countries marched in support of the process. Meanwhile, the…
Even when the world was not in crisis, the economic effects of globalization within the United States and elsewhere have not been uniform. The less skilled, especially in the manufacturing sector,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his great history of the Bolshevik revolution, A People’s Tragedy, Orlando Figes observed how one of the key conditions for the collapse of czarist Russia was a sevenfold increase in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Think back to the summer of 2014. Social media feeds were filled with videos of people getting drenched with ice-cold water to raise money and awareness for ALS, the neurodegenerative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All the World’s a Stage I always knew I would use my voice to change the world. When my soprano singing voice landed me an invitation to attend the Royal…
Roughly $11.9 billion in philanthropic capital was pledged for racial equity in 2020 according to Candid – however, new research from the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) has found that only…
As a seventh grader, Emma Lembke was one of the last in her friend group in Birmingham, Alabama, to get on social media. When she did, she says she soon…
Climate Change and Human Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2022) maps out how hotter temperatures and more frequent and severe weather events can directly and indirectly alter the way people think and…
Philanthropy New York CEO Kathryn O’Neal-Dunham takes a holistic approach to her work and is well-attuned to how relationship dynamics within and between organizations impact outcomes. During her tenure, she has worked…