This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fay Twersky, vice president at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, recently launched The Listening Post, a monthly note dedicated to lifting up exceptional ideas, voices, and questions that can help all…
When Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he didn’t look at me or my colleague. Angry and crying, he insisted to us that he was cisgender…
UNFPA, the United Nations reproductive health agency, is dedicated to safeguarding the health, rights, and dignity of girls and women during the Ukraine crisis, including their right to give birth safely…
One in three new mothers during early COVID-19 screened positive for postpartum depression, a new study shows. That’s nearly triple pre-pandemic levels. The researchers also found 1 in 5 had…
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and other nonprofit groups in cities with high percentages of low-income homeowners have helped thousands at risk of losing their homes…
When the news broke a few months back about my nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger acquiring the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA), we received an overwhelming positive response alongside a dose…
In early 2021, emergency room visits in the U.S. for suicide attempts increased a staggering 51% for adolescent girls over the same period in 2019. Even before the pandemic, mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has wrought many things, but as I reflect on the findings from CEP’s report, Overlooked (Part Two): Foundation Support for Native American Leaders and Communities, two outcomes stand out.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can maps fight racism and inequality? The work of the Black Panther Party, a 1960s- and 1970s-era Black political group featured in a new movie and a documentary, helps…
Immigrant-origin workers—that is, immigrants and their U.S.-born children—have been the main drivers of U.S. workforce growth in recent years. They were responsible for 83 percent of labor force growth between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s most significant humanitarian needs exist in complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs), yet CHEs are difficult for funders to understand, and very little U.S. philanthropic funding goes to them. CHEs involve…
Today’s learning environments are placing an increased emphasis on flexible and interactive technology. From purely remote learning to hybrid learning, the pandemic has accelerated all modes of online teaching and…