This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Stilbruch, the department store in Hamburg, Germany run by the city’s sanitation department, only goods that others have thrown away are offered up for sale. But before they are…
Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development in Economic Studies, recently sat down with Dante Disparte, the founder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How does change occur at the local governmental level? Many experts, advocacy organizations, academics, and ordinary citizens have diverse theories. La Liga De Ciudades Puerto Rico (La Liga) aims to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve seen the research. The fraction of philanthropic support that reaches Indian Country and Indigenous-led organizations has remained largely unchanged for decades, while institutional philanthropy has come to rely heavily on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most common refrain in the U.S. today is that we are more divided than we’ve been in generations — not only along partisan lines, but also across racial, religious,…
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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the U.S. grapples with its long history of racial exploitation and exclusion and the unacceptably large racial disparities in virtually all meaningful walks of life, a spotlight is once…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some of the most effective foundations engaged in policy and advocacy in the United States are small, place-based foundations. By focusing deeply, developing insight into their issue, leveraging their reputation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Retired lab animal veterinarian Larry Carbone (author of the highly regarded book “What Animals Want”) recently wrote a provocative article in Nature Special Reports in which he estimates that more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civic engagement—voting, volunteering, social organizing and such activities—is essential for the health of democracy. And with primary elections beginning this month, people have the chance to improve the health of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2020, the philanthropy sector gave relief dollars like never before (though we still need to give more). We dropped unnecessary procedures and restrictions that got in the way of making impact for our…