Four Challenges Facing Children and Families in 2019

Rethinking Early Childhood Policy: Finding our way out of the silos

by Sara Peters and Joe Waters

It has been 15 years since the death of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York). While at times provocative, Moynihan was a keen observer of the systemic…

5 questions with the Perigee Fund’s Dr. David Willis

5 questions with Cinelle Barnes

Cinelle Barnes is an essayist and memoirist from Manila, Philippines. She has received fellowships and…

5 questions with Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) is a poet, novelist, social critic, and farmer in Port Royal, Kentucky. Among the…

Rebuilding Child Care for a More Equitable Future in the Midst of COVID-19

by Brandy Lawrence, Emily Sharrock, and Joe Waters

Capita and the Bank Street College of Education are two organizations tied together by a…

Thinking Future, Acting Now: Working Today to Ensure the World’s Children Flourish Tomorrow

Ensuring our youngest children flourish: the need for intersectional innovation

Recently I have been reading Frans Johansson’s The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures. Johansson argues in this book for “intersectional…

5 questions with Harvard’s Mario Luis Small

Mario L. Small, Ph.D., Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University, is the author of award-winning books and articles on networks, poverty, organizations, culture, methods, neighborhoods, institutions, and other topics. He is currently using…

5 questions with New America’s Molly G. Martin

Molly G. Martin is the director of New America Indianapolis — a National Network hub launched in 2017 to focus on the innovative grassroots solutions Hoosiers are developing to make the Circle City more livable, resilient, and equitable. Prior to…