This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the US federal government assumed that banks were the best way to distribute billions of dollars of relief to small businesses. But this unplanned national…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late May, the Small Business Administration stopped processing relief applications from women, veterans, and people of color. Then the agency started rescinding their approvals. When Kazu Fukumoto, the owner of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For generations, hundreds of thousands of West Virginia coal miners earned a good living. The money they made supported local economies in towns across Appalachia. And their labor down in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Douglas Phillips discusses the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) demonstration project’s approach to reducing child support debt. • How can efforts to reduce child support debt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Americans begin to find footing in a soon-to-be post-pandemic world, it’s time to examine where the greatest needs for education lie and how the institutions and NPOs of higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Globally, more and more people are beginning to recognize the role of the private sector and more specifically, innovation, in helping poor countries become prosperous. Investment vehicles, including private equity and venture capital funds, are now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy and gutted the job market, exacerbating disparities in income and economic opportunity. The resulting recession has impacted our most vulnerable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After the murder of George Floyd and countless others and a contentious presidential election, much of the recent public outrage over longstanding racial injustices in the United States has rightfully focused on law enforcement and voting…
Community colleges and their partners can do more to train students for the workforce, a process that should start as early as middle school, community college leaders and experts said…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If any bioregion is well-suited to streak towards a net-zero carbon emissions economy, it would seem to be Cascadia. British Columbia, Washington and Oregon set some of North America’s first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To be successful, we must invest in skills training at the same time we invest in physical infrastructure. Infrastructure is inherently people-centered; built for the people, by the people. Washington…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part three in a multi-part series highlighting successes of Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part one, part two, part four, and part five. Clean Energy…