A Fresh Approach to Food Stamps
In some places, users of the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can supplement their diet via community supported agriculture.
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Sponsoring Hope
A properly designed sponsor-a-child program can have real, long-term impact on the life course of its beneficiaries.
Good (and Not-So-Good) Neighbors
Major local events, with some notable exceptions, spur locally based companies to increase charitable giving.
Bold Steps in Boise
The Trey McIntyre Project, an Idaho-based dance troupe, is choreographing a novel way to manage a leading-edge arts organization.
Crowdsourcing the Past
A US National Archives program uses 21st-century technology to enlist ordinary citizens in the transcription of centuries-old documents.
Poverty and Achievement, Revisited
Enrollment in a classroom with a high poverty rate doesn't necessarily affect individual student performance.
Markets Versus Morals
In a market context, people are apt to betray their own beliefs about right and wrong.
An Arab Spring for Entrepreneurs?
In Tunisia, the Souk At-tanmia project provides funding and technical support to budding entrepreneurs.
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Manifest Density
Investment in "hyperdense" cities is, according to one writer, the key to solving many problems that afflict US society.
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Divided Minds, Divided Cultures
To address social conflicts, we must learn to balance "independent" and "interdependent" selves, two cultural psychologists argue.