The current approach to community revitalization has helped arrest and even reverse the degradation of American neighborhoods. But it cannot solve the problem without local ownership and control of assets and the decommodification of property.
Ending energy poverty to address systemic inequality requires a much more ambitious plan than philanthropic and nonprofit leaders currently envision.
Programs like Teach for America can help participants take on the perspectives of those they seek to help.
Lower-income communities have stronger need for nonprofits but struggle to attract and sustain them.
Being imprisoned hurts people’s prospects for employment by taking them out of the job market.
Katherine Newman’s Downhill From Here challenges current economic thinking by arguing that the crisis in retirement security is caused by a flawed system, not flawed humans.
New scholarship on Brazil’s fight for universal health care strikes an optimistic note but is already eclipsed by rapid political change.
As the world’s climate scientists continue to warn us of the dire consequences of global warming, including a documented increase in wildfires, climate change is revealing new ways of how little we invest in and value humanity.
SEASIN aims to develop a network of universities that will help support its goals of achieving sustainable and inclusive growth, social cohesion, and equity in Southeast Asia.
Cross-sector ecosystems in Japan use impact investing to solve the country’s greatest social challenges while generating financial returns. This article was translated by Ken Ito and Oliver Carrington.
