This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embody many of the world’s foremost priorities for cooperation. Protecting people. Promoting prosperity. Preserving the planet. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the objectives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many of the 20 million children qualifying for free-and-reduced lunches, school is the only place they get to eat. Research shows 60% of low-income students report going to school on an empty stomach,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In my travels around the country, and in the various nonprofit support groups I lurk in on, I hear of so many heartbreaking situations that colleagues are facing. The ED…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities are affected more than others. The 2019 County Health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Margy Jones-Carey explains how bringing social justice into school curricula can help to introduce social justice themes at a young age. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in public housing in North Charleston, S.C., in the 1970s, David Hayward was familiar with poverty, violence and loss. His mother, grandmother and brother all died when he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “What do we see at the village level?” asked Jagveer Singh, of GVMNL, an NGO in Rajasthan, in India. “Encroachment is increasing, and regulatory authorities aren’t doing much. People tell…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In July, the New York Times asked readers to describe what it’s like to be middle class in America. From more than 500 responses, the Times highlighted stories from seven families around the country with annual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2018, I was named the 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year and was offered an opportunity to take a semester-long sabbatical working with the Kentucky Department of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COP26, rightly critiqued for its exclusionary approach, will shape how governments respond to the climate crisis. It is also as an organising moment for civil society, and a chance for funders…
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Bloomberg journalist Deena Shanker joins Mark Bittman, author of the book How to Cook Everything and editor-in-chief of Heated, to talk about how to fix the food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Leonard Armato, writing for The Hechinger Report, suggests the ways that high-poverty school districts can turn around by giving students new ways to excel and focusing on…