Only in New York?
City officials under Mayor Michael Bloomberg made advances in public health that were important but hardly unique.
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Social Issues - Articles
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Learning From Hubris
A project in Newark, N.J., produced cautionary lessons for both advocates and critics of education reform.
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A Tale of Two Futures
The sharing economy, as a feature of urban life, could evolve in promising or not-so-promising ways.
Water to the People
One of India’s biggest challenges is providing clean water to all of its 1.3 billion citizens.
Making Better Use of Big Data
Data is a powerful tool for driving large-scale impact, but using it effectively and responsibly in government and beyond requires intentionality.
Building the Inclusive City
Collaborative approaches to economic development are seeing results.
Magic Bus
Magic Bus is helping change the lives of Indian children living in poverty through a highly-scalable activity-based learning program.
Akshaya Patra
Technical ingenuity and private funding enable Akshaya Patra to serve hot, healthy lunches to 1.4 million Indian children every day.
Troubled Water
One of India’s largest, and most intractable, challenges is providing clean water to all of its 1.2 billion citizens.
Government Contractors as Civil Society?
The Congressional hearings on Planned Parenthood illustrate that dependence of civil society organizations on government contracts compromises their autonomy, turns them into pawns in political fights, and erodes their legitimacy.