This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During his confirmation hearing in February, Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland pledged that his first order of business would be to “supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not theoretical anymore: we’re in a climate crisis. And though some of the world’s finest minds are working hard on strategies to stave off the worst effects of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The private sector has come a long way with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR) since Milton Friedman’s infamous declaration in The New York Times in 1970 that “The social responsibility of a business…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an interview with Joan Garry about Community-Centric Fundraising, a colleague asked, “How do we move our donors from sympathy to empathy?” This, in many ways, has been the evolution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools approach the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, educators, parents and policymakers in Philadelphia are increasingly concerned about how the youngest students are learning to read. The shift…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gibrielys Delgado was overwhelmed and needed help. The sophomore at Cleveland’s Max Hayes High School grew up in Puerto Rico in a Spanish-speaking family and moved to Cleveland only a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a lovely expression that many of us in the Black community use when we want to repair strained relationships with each other; it’s an expression that always moves me…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past 30 years, the world has made phenomenal progress in terms of ensuring more new-borns and infants survive the first few years of life. Between 1990 and 2019…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To ensure that a post-pandemic recovery does not leave low-income and Black and Latinx communities even further behind, the Chicago Community Trust recently launched Together We Rise: For an Equitable and Just Recovery.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to water is a basic human right that many Americans may not think twice about, yet each day in the U.S., people live without this basic necessity that promotes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Housing insecurity was a widespread problem among low-income renters well before the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2019, more than 10 million households spent over half their income on rent. Today, households earning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When people look for help from safety net programs, they are often at a low point. That the process for receiving legally mandated aid should so often be bewildering and,…