Justice is supposed to be “blind.” But is race blindness always the best way to achieve racial equality? An algorithm to predict recidivism among prison populations is underscoring that debate.…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The total treatment costs for American Indian and Alaska Native older adults with dementia are US$2,943…
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When it comes to conversations about community investing, plans are often described by silos of work: housing or economic development, education or safety, health or jobs. Certainly, the specifics of…
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UNFPA is sounding the alarm on a human rights crisis that has ramifications for women, societies, and the world in light of its 2022 State of World Population report, Seeing the…
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In the latest issue of The Foundation Review, we focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they can be used as tools for community leadership. The SDGs, based on five…
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Combatting the climate crisis is going to require rethinking how Americans move: Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation account for about 29 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. “Global warming has made…
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From his small farm near Leupp, in a corner of the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona, Tyrone Thompson (Diné/Black) provides vegetable seedlings for gardeners; produce, including non-traditional foods like kale, arugula,…
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Satellite images show the Arctic has been getting greener as temperatures in the far northern region rise three times faster than the global average. Some theories suggest that this “Arctic…
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Click here for more.In recent years, we have collected data on how our community of lean funders is responding to the pandemic. In April 2020, we surveyed members on what they planned to…
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CICERO scientists have now developed a new method to reduce fluctuations in calculating the rate of global warming In a recent study published in Nature Communications, international scientists have taken…
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Perhaps one of the biggest lessons California’s schools have learned during the pandemic is to rethink how we build and maintain our schools. It is time to build more green…
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There is a demographic mismatch between teachers and students across California’s public schools. The most recent data from the California Department of Education indicated that while 77% of students are…