This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hedge funds, angel investors and venture capitalists know that the way to make big money on their investments is to invest in startups before they go public. By the time most people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Russia invaded Ukraine, I responded like many Americans: by making charitable donations. I was able to make my gift with confidence because I’m a scholar of nonprofits who has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From above, California’s San Joaquin Valley spills out of the Sierra Nevada in a checkerboard of earth-toned farmland. It’s some of the most valuable land in the world; every year,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women and gender-diverse people play a critical role in the seafood industry – 50 percent of workers that bring seafood to global markets are women according to data from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though a global pandemic and ease of technology has sent millions of grocery shoppers online to order from Instacart and Amazon, the most grassroots and socially connected form of grocery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In philanthropy, research shows that race is a factor in determining which organizations get funded and at what levels. For example, a 2020 report from Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group found…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As public libraries across the nation begin handing out Covid-19 testing kits and N95 masks, librarians have become the latest frontline workers. Melanie Huggins, president of the Public Library Association,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Russian military invasion of Ukraine has unfolded, so too has a humanitarian crisis that has forced civilians to flee their homes or take refuge in bomb shelters and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How will history books mark this period? As the time when the cracks of social injustice and racial inequity reached their breaking point and gave way against the ravages of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over a decade, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Thomas Insel headed the National Institute of Mental Health and directed billions of dollars into research on neuroscience and the genetic underpinnings…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. LISC is committed to furthering racial equity through our Project 10x initiative. Project 10x is laser focused on using LISC’s resources to upend the racial health, wealth, and opportunity gaps that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prairie wildlife is often stuck between a rock and a hard place. In urban areas, their habitat – and sometimes the animals themselves – are cleared out to make way…