Big Bet Philanthropy
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True, sustainable social change is difficult to achieve, and historically very few donors have been willing to make big bets of $10 million or more on any one solution. But a new model is emerging, one in which philanthropists are pooling funds and looking to fund solutions that won’t just move the needle but will permanently change unjust systems. This represents a new frontier for funders and nonprofits alike. Learn from the people who are drawing up the blueprints.
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The idea of unity is a compassionate, hopeful aspiration for a country ravaged by a global pandemic, racial injustice, economic downturn and mob violence.



Two weeks before the first woman of color became Vice President, an angry mob that included members of the white supremacist group Proud Boys, stormed the US Capitol. As Ibram...

Biden believes deeply that actions like the January 6th violence at the Capitol are not who we want to be as a country, says Evan Osnos, author of a Biden biography.







As the nation reels from the attack on the Capitol, we look for ideas that will move us forward.



Peggy Clark asks Dan Glickman to reflect on this past year and to share what he expects from our country under President-elect Joe Biden’s leadership.



“We are not in a rush to pull people back into the workplace,” says Rob Falzon







NPR's Tamara Keith and Dan Glickman discuss what a Biden agenda might look like.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s family has called the city home for over 100 years.