Technology, along with globalized trade and labor markets, have already disrupted the quantity and type of jobs available — and the pace of change is picking up.
Finding Common Ground to Protect the Land
“Everyone has an investment in clean air and water, and everybody has a memory of public lands, whether it’s hunting or fishing or watching a sunset.”
“Everyone has an investment in clean air and water, and everybody has a memory of public lands, whether it’s hunting or fishing or watching a sunset.”
Why the U.S. Needs More Cyber Translators
The security processes being discussed are complex, and the highest decision-makers in government couldn’t be expected to have a nuanced grasp of the mathematics of encryption.
The security processes being discussed are complex, and the highest decision-makers in government couldn’t be expected to have a nuanced grasp of the mathematics of encryption.
American Dysfunction in Comparative Perspective: Three Questions for Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond, who leads Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, answers a few questions about electoral innovation.
Larry Diamond, who leads Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, answers a few questions about electoral innovation.
Request for Proposal: Mobilizing Climate Change Mitigation Capital Through Retail Banking
One such lever lies in mobilizing the deposits of both business and consumer savers through the retail banking sector.
One such lever lies in mobilizing the deposits of both business and consumer savers through the retail banking sector.
Hewlett Foundation Announces $10 Million Commitment to Support Research on U.S. Democracy’s Digital Disinformation Problem
“Digital disinformation is a problem that philanthropy is still getting its arms around, and tackling in different ways.”
“Digital disinformation is a problem that philanthropy is still getting its arms around, and tackling in different ways.”
Fast Times at American High
American high schools are stuck in their own version of a sophomore slump.
American high schools are stuck in their own version of a sophomore slump.
Q&A With Marilyn Waite: Financing Climate and Clean Energy Solutions
Marilyn Waite is a program officer with the foundation’s Environment Program, which works to safeguard human health and well-being and protect populations from harmful climate change by advancing climate and clean energy solutions.
Marilyn Waite is a program officer with the foundation’s Environment Program, which works to safeguard human health and well-being and protect populations from harmful climate change by advancing climate and clean energy solutions.
Clearer
Transparency is one of those things, like democracy, or marriage, that’s easier said than done.
Transparency is one of those things, like democracy, or marriage, that’s easier said than done.
Annual Reports: Stop the Madness!
Annual reports from nonprofit organizations make me sad.
Annual reports from nonprofit organizations make me sad.
Making Nukes New Again
I believe all of us working on nuclear issues should ask ourselves: How might we bring new ideas and dynamic new leaders to the sector?
I believe all of us working on nuclear issues should ask ourselves: How might we bring new ideas and dynamic new leaders to the sector?
Aiming for Zero: Teen Births Down 52 Percent
The teen birth rate in the United States has declined to an all-time low, down by an amazing 52 percent since the early 1990s.
The teen birth rate in the United States has declined to an all-time low, down by an amazing 52 percent since the early 1990s.
How Philanthropy Is Like ‘Shark Tank’
The questions that the investors ask of the pitchman (or pitchwoman) are very much like the ones we do, or should, ask of our grantees, although within our non-profit aquarium and using our own language.
The questions that the investors ask of the pitchman (or pitchwoman) are very much like the ones we do, or should, ask of our grantees, although within our non-profit aquarium and using our own language.
Measuring Poverty
Have you noticed the recent churn in development policy circles over how to reconcile the meaning of poverty with the measure of poverty?
Have you noticed the recent churn in development policy circles over how to reconcile the meaning of poverty with the measure of poverty?
The Benefits of Migration
Migration is a dynamic and complex process, in which causation, people and money move in more than one direction.
Migration is a dynamic and complex process, in which causation, people and money move in more than one direction.
Journey to Impact: An Open Letter to Emerging Philanthropists
We are in many respects entering a golden age of philanthropy.
We are in many respects entering a golden age of philanthropy.