This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As hundreds of everyday givers gathered virtually this week to kick off the month-long We Give Summit, it was a solid reminder that we are “Stronger Together” (the event’s theme). …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, we attended and presented at PEAK Grantmaking’s virtual webinar series Narrowing the Power Gap and Implementing Flexible Practices, along with over 100 grantmakers representing diverse segments of philanthropy. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With Americans increasingly unhealthy because of the highly processed foods we eat, there’s more talk about the need for quality over quantity of food. A Senate rules committee hearing on April…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bidtah Becker, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clean water flowed from the taps at her house. She and her siblings often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study suggests that if the world doesn’t make major cuts in emissions, there’s a chance that so much ice could melt that sea levels could rise more than two meters…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite decades of government and community efforts to improve health equity in Latinx communities, vast disparities remain. For example, Latinxs are the group least likely to be insured or to report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Right after Caroline Laur had finished giving thanks for her home, a neighbor at church told her that a company had submitted permit requests to build an asphalt plant in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. FESSLER: Any day now, they’re moving into a new two-bedroom apartment in northeast Seattle. She shows me a picture on her phone of a red brick building – old Navy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways. Now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed uncomfortable and distressing truths about American society: namely, the struggle many Americans face just getting by. Yet, while the pervasive food insecurity that has always…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jerome Lemelson was a restless dreamer and tinkerer who filled his notebooks with ideas that became the gadgetry of modern life. Barcode scanners. A video filing system. The mechanism that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special education means that students with disabilities require specialized support to thrive. Parents, advocates, lawmakers, and educators have raised concerns that this support has been disrupted during the pandemic, causing…