Digital collage showing two grayscale hands on a beige background. The bottom hand holds a red social media notification icon with a person silhouette and the number '1'. The top hand reaches towards it. Abstract shapes and halftone dots are in the background.

The Commons | Opinion

Why Social Media Is Now the Place to Build Trust

By Renée DiResta and Rachel Kleinfeld

This Nonprofit Whispers in Hollywood’s Ear About Polarization. They Hope You Tune In.

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This Nonprofit Whispers in Hollywood’s Ear About Polarization. They Hope You Tune In.

By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor

Members of the American Jewish Medical Association march in a parade in New York City.

The Commons | Opinion

Why Jewish Staff Are Quietly Leaving Progressive Nonprofits

By Sharon Leslie
Contributor

Why the Ford Foundation Has Committed $60M in New Funding to Protect Elections

The Commons | Opinion

Why the Ford Foundation Has Committed $60M in New Funding to Protect Elections

By Heather Gerken
Contributor

Nonprofits Sit on a Gold Mine of Stories. It’s Time to Use Them.

The Commons | Opinion

Nonprofits Sit on a Gold Mine of Stories. It’s Time to Use Them.

By David Gaspar
Contributor

On Language

Illustration of a woman pushing a grocery cart uphill against a backdrop of progressively taller stacks of dollar coins, symbolizing rising inflation and the increasing cost of living.

The Commons | Opinion

Everyone’s Talking About ‘Affordability.’ Philanthropy Should, Too.

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

A Providence Police SUV with flashing red and blue lights is parked on a snowy city street at night, behind yellow crime scene tape. Buildings and bare trees are visible in the background.

The Commons | Opinion

How Nonprofit Jargon Ignores Real Fears of Violence

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

The Commons | Opinion

Why Philanthropy’s Democracy Talk Turns People Off

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

Opinion

7 Words That Can Restore Trust in Philanthropy

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

Commons in Conversation

Why the Fight for DEI Should Take the Long View — Back to the Founding Fathers

Commons in Conversation

Why the Fight for DEI Should Take the Long View — Back to the Founding Fathers

By Chronicle Staff
Contributor

Tim Shriver on Philanthropy and the ‘Vortex of Contempt’

Commons in Conversation

Tim Shriver on Philanthropy and the ‘Vortex of Contempt’

By Chronicle Staff
Contributor

Novelist Colum McCann Visits The Commons

Commons in Conversation

Novelist Colum McCann Visits The Commons

‘Pick Your Lane’: Democracy Advocate Danielle Allen’s Advice for Philanthropy

Commons in Conversation

‘Pick Your Lane’: Democracy Advocate Danielle Allen’s Advice for Philanthropy

By Chronicle Staff
Contributor

Advice

The Commons

How to Recruit and Lead Staff Who Truly Know Your Community

By Bobbi Dempsey
Contributor

The Commons

Inside the Leadership Success of a Millennial and Boomer Who Share the CEO Seat

By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects

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You Need Conservatives. Here’s How to Engage Them in Your Mission.

By Pearce Godwin
Contributor

As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?

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As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?

By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects

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