A New Model for Citizen Engagement
By transforming municipal volunteering programs into “impact volunteering” efforts, leaders and citizens can lay a foundation for civic renewal.
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Mind the Diaper Gap
The White House, manufacturing, e-commerce, and nonprofits team up to get diapers to families in need.
Building Bridjs With Public Transit
A partnership between a ride-sharing company, a municipal transportation authority, and Ford is expanding transit access in Kansas City.
A Plan for Healing
After a period of war and genocide, Rwanda launched a national health insurance program that is now delivering sharply improved outcomes.
Accelerating “What Works”
There is an urgent need to expand the infrastructure for results-based policymaking at all levels of the US government.
After the One Child Policy
A pilot project in China aims to give the country’s family-planning agency a new mission: supporting early child development.
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Siphoning Off the Safety Net
How social services agencies are squeezing revenue from the poor and vulnerable people they’re meant to serve.
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Not Everything Has a Price
When we pay people to do things that they know they should be doing as good citizens, they tend to devalue the moral basis for acting that way.
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Does Philanthropy Threaten Democracy?
We should be more concerned about foundations’ outsized role in education policy.
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Designers’ Evolving Roles in Government
How can the public sector create a culture that's friendly to human-centered design?