Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities
More collaborative approaches are needed to translate pledges into action.
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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?
As ecosystems of networked organizations, cities provide the necessary scale, reach, and resources to bridge the gap between small experiments and big problems.
Telemedicine in Ukraine Is Showing That High-Tech Isn’t Always Better
We’re seeing remarkable advances in telemedicine stemming from the international aid response to the war in Ukraine. What have we learned that could be applied in the United States and globally?
Air-Pollution Knowledge Is Power
Tweets about local air quality from US embassies around the world reduced local pollution and improved health.
Discipline, Punish, and Palliate
Palliative measures such as needle-exchange programs form a third model of neoliberal urban-poverty governance alongside policing and paternalism.
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The Future of Elite Giving
The coauthors of For-Profit Philanthropy recommend policies to reestablish the public’s trust in philanthropy—but did it ever exist?
Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation
Ahead of the 2023 Frontiers of Social Innovation conference, “The Role of Social Innovation in Democracy,” a collection of articles exploring ways philanthropy, nonprofits, and civic institutions can ensure a more just and democratic society
Keeping the Social Impact Going When a Pilot Project Ends
A new type of pay-for-success collaboration model in Singapore addresses the perennial issue of an exit strategy after philanthropic pilots.
Rethinking Risk and Responsibility in the Western Wildfire Crisis
There are three generalized strategies policy makers may use to drive societal change. But, how are policy makers to decide what combination of these three tools will work to best manage the wildfire challenge?
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Private Firms, Public Initiatives
An excerpt from The Right Privatization on why private entrepreneurs need capable governments.