Rachel Monroe

3 weeks ago | ejewishphilanthropy.com | Rachel Monroe

In eJewishPhilanthropy’s exclusive opinion column “The 501(C) Suite,” leading foundation executives share what they are working on and thinking about with the wider philanthropic field. Ten years ago, I found myself in a room of roughly two dozen Jewish funders and leaders, lamenting a problem we all knew Jewish nonprofits had struggled with for some time: finding and keeping talent, especially at the most senior levels.

4 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Rachel Monroe

Castañeda’s posts made her mother, Luisa, nervous, but Castañeda was convinced that Vente Venezuela would take power. Instead, last July, Maduro declared victory in an election that is widely understood to be corrupt. Protesters thronged the streets, banging pots and pans.

4 weeks ago | newyorker.com | Rachel Monroe

Edgarlys Castañeda Rodríguez, a slight, delicate-featured twenty-seven-year-old from Venezuela, posted makeup tutorials and dance videos to her few thousand followers on Instagram and TikTok, but it was her posts about politics that tended to go viral. In them, she was open about her opposition to President Nicolás Maduro. In one video, Castañeda talked about how politics had driven a wedge between her and her father, a Maduro supporter.

1 month ago | bonappetit.com | Rachel Monroe |Brian Finke

As a longtime Marfa resident, I’ve heard plenty of theories about why our high desert town is so beloved. Some people think it’s the quality of light; or the expansive Trans-Pecos sky; or the particular collection of creative humans who have ended up in a place with a population the size of a suburban high school. Whatever your preferred explanation, by now you’ve almost certainly heard about Marfa, a perennial road trip destination for everyone, from your favorite yoga teacher to Beyoncé.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Monroe

As a longtime Marfa resident, I’ve heard plenty of theories about why our high desert town is so beloved. Some people think it’s the quality of light; or the expansive Trans-Pecos sky; or the particular collection of creative humans who have ended up in a place with a population the size of a suburban high school. Whatever your preferred explanation, by now you’ve almost certainly heard about Marfa, a perennial road trip destination for everyone, from your favorite yoga teacher to Beyoncé.