The Missing Politics of Female Empowerment
Humanitarian nonprofits unconsciously reinforce the very conditions of women’s oppression they seek to eradicate in their programming.
Social Issues - Articles
Two Approaches to Advocacy
Proponents of charter school expansion in Massachusetts thought that a ballot initiative was the obvious bet. They were wrong.
Foundations as Interest Groups
While old foundations typically support traditional public-school institutions, new foundations are seeking to reshape or bypass them.
When NGOs Confront Bureaucracy
An educational collaboration between a literacy program for public schools and the government of Punjab, India, struggles with accountability and political support.
When Funding Moves Away From Universities
Foundations are shifting their higher-education funding to outside organizations that promote initiatives they favor.
Review
Are the Elite Hijacking Social Change?
In Winners Take All, writer Anand Giridharadas calls out the hypocrisies of philanthropists.
Review
Domesticity’s Gross Product
The authors of Equality for Women = Prosperity for All expose the economic wastefulness of gender inequity.
Diversifying the Conservation Movement
The conservation movement has been criticized for being too homogenous, but the National Audubon Society is taking steps to change that.
Public Trust Reboot: Unleashing the Millennial Civic Spirit
Why millennials’ values and ethos make them uniquely poised to close America’s civic leadership gap, and how to tap into their civic spirit.
Civil Society in a Majority-Minority America? California Offers Both Hope and Caution
The contours of civil society are influenced—but not bound—by America’s larger demographic curve. On the leading edge of that curve, California shows the kind of intentional, strategic role that civil society might play in a more equitable and sustainable future.