Most foundations are driven by the conviction that they must not waste money on charity, which simply puts Band-Aids on society’s problems. Rather, they must try to get to the problems’ root causes, ...

Do you play pool? I sure don’t. But I know enough about the game to use it as a metaphor for the hidden reasons we don’t do what we say we will. The object is to get balls into pockets using a big ...

When food is plentifully available in our community, why do so many go hungry? Participants in the recent Root Causes of Food Insecurity workshop more than 30 community members examined this question.

With 2025 behind us, violent crime — especially murder — is likely down nationally once again. Although it will be months before we have official statistics, early indicators suggest a continuation of ...