This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit an historic high for January with rates nearly five times higher than they were in January 2021. The news is a continuation of a troubling, decade-long…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although 2021 ended in the shadows of the pandemic and the continued struggle for equity, there were two significant charter school funding announcements that will propel the sector forward in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While his wife was in labor in the hospital with their third child, Joshua Castillo was in the waiting room completing a computer science final and two quizzes. By then…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While access to digital devices, the internet, and digital skills training has been uneven in the United States for decades, the COVID-19 pandemic magnified these disparities. More than ever, digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you want to understand the teacher shortages disrupting schools across the country this winter, check out an episode of the new sitcom Abbott Elementary, which follows teachers at a fictional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most foundation leaders say they are making racial equity a more explicit consideration in how they conduct their work. That’s one of the key findings from CEP’s recently released report, Foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Success within the nonprofit industry does not look the same for each and every organization. As nonprofit leaders navigate solving problems, what’s critical is making sure the organization is meeting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 124 million people into extreme poverty globally, the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years. To meet the magnitude of this need, governments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If it was not clear before COVID-19, it is obvious now that achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization’s Triple Billion Goals will be impossible without universal health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. European researchers have warned that the wave of pollution engulfing the globe could be nearing a tipping point. The waste plastic deluge could become an irreversible crisis. Somewhere between 9 and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve known that most rural areas lost population in the last decade, but a new analysis of Census data found that rural America overall lost population for the first time in history,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, highlights the global inequality in emissions between people in rich and poor countries. For example, it finds that the average carbon footprint of a person…