This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new early warning system using satellite data to sound the alarm on growing threats to the world’s tropical forests, including worsening drought and logging, aims to stop them reaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For postcolonial cities, formative urban development occurred under colonial domination and focused on exploitation. Urbanist Garth Andrew Myers, author of Rethinking Urbanism: Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South, writes that “cities were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Matt Frey is a data guy. As Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, he often slips into his district’s sea of digital usage data to understand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new studies on inflexibility and discrimination against mothers. Put simply: Working mothers are often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the onset of the pandemic, mission-driven boards have faced difficult decisions. After getting into the swing of remote operations, many organizations are returning to the office and relearning how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Radical collaboration between businesses and nonprofits can lead to successful outcomes. Oftentimes, nonprofits, businesses and governments have been at odds with each other but that is changing as business leaders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When we support the people leading the fight, we make the fight that much easier. Black Trans Lives Thrive is a giving circle devoted to organizations led by and for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research suggests students have experienced more unfinished learning over the last year than ever before. With the COVID-19 pandemic waning, school systems are facing a critical choice about how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scale is one of those words that means something different to just about everyone. But to measure it, to figure out concretely whether an intervention has scaled, you have to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than half of the world’s children are growing up in cities. By 2030, up to 60 percent of the world’s urban population will be under 18-years old. Yet,…
The census comes around every ten years, but ensuring communities are represented equitably happens every day in between. Lifting the voices of underrepresented communities, bringing together diverse groups, building capacity,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, indigenous and rural communities are among those least responsible for climate change, yet they are often the first to suffer from its impacts. Communities in rural areas…