This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Domestic violence rates are increasing in developing and developed countries alike during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of domestic violence incidents in the US increased by 8.1% after lockdown orders, according to…
How does Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy compare to that of other living donors? What percentage did he spend supporting social justice organizations and marginalized communities? What does his charitable giving say…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago, educators have been tasked with addressing new, multi-layered challenges due to the primary and secondary trauma associated with COVID-19. Evidence suggests those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Epidemiologists – like oncologists and climate scientists – hate to be proved right. A year ago this week, the communications rush began from epidemiologists in academia to the public and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Serious psychiatric illness, also referred to as serious mental illness, includes major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidality and other brain diseases that substantially interfere with one or more major…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly a year after the World Health Organization officially declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic, the world is still struggling to recover and operating in what we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in incredible stress on both human and animal safety net programs, subsequently prompting innovation, collaboration, and sometimes transformation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Volunteering is often thought of as a selfless act — one where you give up your time for a worthy cause without being paid. While this may be true, what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lending a hand is a big U.S. tradition. More than 77.4 million Americans volunteered in 2019, completing 6.9 billion hours of service worth an estimated US$167 billion. Today, no matter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A serious, but largely overlooked, problem in philanthropy is feeling overwhelmed. What is overwhelm? According to wellness writer Michelle Rees, “Overwhelm happens when the sheer volume of thoughts feelings, tasks,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One in every 645 Black people in the United States can expect to die from COVID-19, per data from February 2021. Blacks are 2.1 times more likely than whites to die…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium recently published its second global report analyzing pathways for 20 countries to develop sustainable land-use and food systems. The FABLE Consortium is convened…