Algae for Food and Green Jobs
EnerGaia is growing spirulina to feed people and help the environment.
Social Issues - Articles
Taking Kids Off the Streets in Nigeria
Street Priests ministers to the homeless children of Calabar, Nigeria, to help them find a better path.
Digital Natives Collect Community Needs
Humanitas AI has created a smartphone app to enable young people to coordinate social projects.
Free College
San Francisco’s Free City program covers tuition at its community college through a real estate transaction tax.
Taps and Toilets for All
Microfinance for water and sanitation enables people to find their own solutions.
Let Refugees Be Their Own Solution
Better policies in host countries can enable refugees to rebuild their lives and contribute to host economies.
Social Enterprise Is Not Social Change
Solving systemic social problems takes people, politics, and power—not more social entrepreneurship.
Reproductive Health Care by Mail
It is time to give US women the convenience and autonomy of birth control and abortion pills that women elsewhere enjoy.
Nonprofit Crime Reduction
Community organizations devoted to reducing crime have shown results.
Teaching to the Life Test
The ability of teachers to improve students’ non-cognitive abilities may have greater importance than test scores.