This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most of us will recall how Americans’ unique aptitude for forming what Alexis de Tocqueville termed public or civil associations — the precursors of today’s nonprofit and voluntary organizations —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The field of implementation science needs to prioritize evidence-informed interventions that fit the daily lives of the communities in which they will be delivered. Early prevention and intervention efforts have…
Can technology create a democracy that’s fast, fair … and even fun? Digital minister Audrey Tang shares how Taiwan avoided a COVID-19 shutdown in early 2020 through innovations like developing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To be capable of surveilling, preventing, and managing disease outbreaks, public health systems require trustworthy, community-embedded public health workers who are empowered to undertake their tasks as professionals. The world…
Elizer Darris is the Co-Executive Director of the Minnesota Freedom Fund – an organization that disrupts the predatory practices of criminal bail and immigration bonds. Chanda sat down with Elizer…
Our first-ever virtual Conversations with Chanda event guest was Vu Le, the creator of Nonprofit AF. Vu and Chanda talk about what community-centric philanthropy looks like, how philanthropy can be responsive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly all 50 states have opted into an online purchasing pilot for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While the program offers a safer way to shop and has the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government has made notable progress since March in getting unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border out of Border Patrol facilities and into Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I had only been in jail a couple of weeks before I got into an altercation with another inmate and they took us both to the SHU — that’s the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melissa Troutman, who co-founded a local muckraking publication and also works for the environmental nonprofit Earthworks, knew that fracking waste could be radioactive and toxic, so she filed a complaint with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plummeting public trust is sweeping the globe. It is infecting relations among people, between people and their governments, and between people and a range of societal institutions. We sense this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, the U.K.’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, visited primary schools in each of their countries. They did this to raise awareness about the importance…