Revealing the human costs of political violence through a compelling blend of history, memory, and imagination. Maaza Mengiste is a fiction writer depicting the moral and personal harms of political ...

Exploring the political, cultural, and multisensory dimensions of sound, spoken language, and communication. Christine Sun Kim is an artist exploring the political, cultural, and multisensory ...

Transforming overlooked spaces into powerful public works grounded in community experiences and histories. Chip Thomas is a public artist transforming overlooked and neglected spaces into powerful ...

Uncovering the role of Northern agriculture in economic growth and the expansion of federal power in nineteenth-century America. Ariel Ron is a historian exploring how Northern agriculture affected ...

Reshaping our understanding of the nature and function of memory and its relationship to imagination. Felipe De Brigard is a philosopher and cognitive scientist reshaping our understanding of the ...

MacArthur President John Palfrey shares our extended commitment to a payout rate of 6 percent for 2027 and 2028, responding to the ongoing nonprofit funding crisis. As the nonprofit sector continues ...

MacArthur President John Palfrey and Joshua Mintz, Vice President, Chief Counsel, and Secretary, write about how we respond to potential grantee indictments and the implications for funders after a ...

New grants support nonpartisan organizations and coalitions defending the essential elements of American democracy against threats to democratic institutions and norms. Today, we announced a $100 ...

Combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths and other harms from drug use. Nabarun Dasgupta is an epidemiologist and harm reduction advocate creating practical programs to ...

Documenting disparities in Chicago’s neighborhoods through participatory art projects that empower residents to confront and disrupt these inequities. Tonika Lewis Johnson is a photographer and social ...

Chronicling the impacts of inequality and hardship on people and places. Matt Black is a photographer chronicling people and landscapes in marginalized communities across the United States. In ...

Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases. Jason McLellan is a structural biologist investigating virus fusion proteins and developing new ...