Democracy

How should wealthy people respond to daunting problems like racism, economic inequality and climate change? Leading thinkers have long questioned whether philanthropy offers appropriate or meaningful solutions to vexing challenges.…

In an interview with NPQ, Deepak Bhargava, the new president of the JPB Foundation, offers his thoughts on how foundations can better support movement organizations.

Why building capacity for design into mental health policymaking will produce more effective services.

The practices of trust-based philanthropy require grappling with deep-rooted inequities while living values in action.

When winter storm Uri hit Houston last February, widespread power outages resulted in residents going days without heat and electricity. Almost half of Texans lost access to clean drinking water. In the…

Climate change is a planetary phenomenon that will impact all people in all countries with heat waves, droughts, rising sea levels, and extreme storms. But the effects of this climate…

It is past time to put communities in the driver’s seat of change. Billions of dollars are devoted every year to efforts to make the world a better place—crucial work…

Drought and wildfire in the West, rising seas and erosion in the Mississippi River Delta, and erratic weather patterns throughout the entire country are destabilizing rural and Tribal economies and…

If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf…

Campus activists “shocked but not shocked” that schools are profiting from fossil fuels drilled and mined on stolen Indigenous land.

Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine has had devastating impacts on children’s access to education.Many schools were unable to reopen for in-person classes this fall, and some students struggled to access online classes due to ……

Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg are household names, but the list of female environmentalists throughout history is long. Like many fields, the accomplishments of women in environmental work have often been overshadowed…