This new research institute is structured to get new treatments to those who need them rather than profit from technical marvels.

In the time of #MeToo, Michigan State University president Lou Anna K. Simon was determined to stay in her position, despite calls for her resignation from Dr. Larry Nassar’s victims and others.

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation leaders are making a bold statement by donating hundreds of the Pop artist’s works and hundreds of thousands of archival documents, staying true to their mission even as they begin to talk about an eventual sunset.

Renters’ rights campaigns across the country are organizing for short-term alleviation and long-term alternatives.

Puerto Rico’s community land trusts are helping residents protect homeownership rights in their communities against encroachment by developers and local governments. As the island rebuilds after Hurricane Maria, recognition of community ownership is key to getting aid to residents.

Six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, North Carolina moves to re-segregate its schools.

Banking has changed in the 40 years since the CRA was enacted, and so has the ways communities and banks interact.  To preserve the CRA’s goals, maybe it’s time to reframe the law.

Founded in 1998, the Cuba-based Latin American School of Medicine provides free medical education for students from around the world, including the US, provided that graduates pledge to serve low-income and marginalized communities.

In Minneapolis and St. Paul, Nexus, a funding intermediary, was attracted to the idea of “community wealth building”—that is, using common ownership of land and business to build wealth. But Nexus decided that the approach could only be effective if grounded in the cultures of the communities it serves.

We love these studies that delve into the effects of fundraising messages on various folk. They can border on silly but are always thought provoking and sometimes instructive!

Will people of color see environmental justice in North Carolina? Or will environmental racism dominate this part of the South? One can always hope; while Lady Justice may be blind, she has not lost her sense of smell.

It is to be expected that in a time of radical change in an institution, some disagreements would exist on the board even to the point of sparking resignations. A closer peek at what the process felt like at the Berkshire Museum may help us all think about how to approach the big questions in front of our own boards.