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Forging Ahead with Cross-Sector Innovations
The mayor of Seoul, Korea, recounts his path to government office and explains why social innovation is central to the way that he governs.
Social Issues - Articles
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Tapping the Entrepreneurial Potential of Grassroots Innovation
Instead of treating poor people as a sink of public aid and assistance, we should view them as a source of new ideas and innovations.
Creating a Sunny World
Solnechny Mir (Our Sunny World) is a Russian rehabilitation center that hosts more than 250 children and their families each week.
Labor of Love
Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and 2014 McArthur genius grant recipient, is building a movement to improve the lives of 2.5 million US home care workers.
Keeping Kids in School
With hard data and soft skills, Communities in Schools fine-tunes its model to reduce dropout rates.
Housing the Homeless
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.
A New Spin on Student Loans
Social Finance Inc. offers a network-based alternative to government-sponsored student loan programs.
Contagious Health
A community-based program in rural Kentucky uses face-to-face social networks to promote wellness.
The Fight Against Human Trafficking
Health care communites can help.
Judging Success in Translational Medical Research
Getting promising drug discoveries out of university labs and into the drug pipeline is more difficult than it should be.