This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On his first day in office President Joe Biden started signing executive orders to reverse Trump administration policies. One sweeping directive calls for stronger action to protect public health and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As online schooling plays an increasingly large role in education, researchers say more work needs to be done to understand and address why some families have a harder time accessing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Storytelling is the best tool we have for effectively communicating about big, systemic issues like racism, classism, and transphobia. People think in stories. When we don’t have a narrative that tells us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Due to racist killings documented on video, inequity regarding the nation’s pandemic response, and the resultant protests that occurred in 2020, there has been a heightened focus on transforming institutions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people realize. Over the next three decades, the cost of flood damage is on pace…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research is a powerful tool to determine fact from fiction. Policies, programs, and solutions are grounded in these facts, making researchers agents for shaping how the world works. However, long-standing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The new Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) report, Overlooked (Part Two): Foundation Support for Native American Leaders and Communities, sheds further light on the experiences of Native American nonprofit leaders when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to addressing racial inequity, a national crisis can inspire public and private investment like nothing else. At the recent Freedman’s Bank Forum in Washington, DC, Vice President…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have spent more than six years working in the technology space as a user-experience researcher and designer. As an immigrant, Muslim-identifying, Iranian-Canadian woman, it didn’t take long to notice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Achieving deeper racial equity in communities across the country requires taking on existing power structures and working to change the systems that sustain racism. A new set of place-based initiatives is working…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1961, the civil rights movement in the American South was gasping for breath. Sit-ins and Freedom Rides had awakened America’s conscience, but a coordinated, financially-secure plan for a sustained…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 rampages through vulnerable minority populations with tragic consequences, and protests for racial justice surge among a similar demographic, city climate planners see a renewed focus on climate justice.…