Bookstores as Civic Centers
The indie bookstore movement believes the future of bookstores lies in their ability to serve as thriving community spaces.
Social Issues - Articles
Growing the Green Workforce
Chicago-based nonprofit Openlands created an arborist apprenticeship program to train the next generation of arborists to maintain the city’s urban forest.
A School of Indigenous Knowledge
The Tat Sat Community Academy tackles Uganda’s education crisis with a curriculum that emphasizes practical job skills, financial literacy, and cultural knowledge.
TV for Africa’s Deaf Community
Signs TV Uganda offers programming by deaf broadcasters that is also interpreted in sign to serve Africa’s growing, yet underserved, hearing-impaired demographic.
A Bank of Their Own
Shunned by traditional financial systems, sex workers in Asia’s largest red-light district started their own bank. Now it is empowering other marginalized groups.
News You Can Trust
The Trust Project is setting standards for principled journalism worldwide to combat the spread of misinformation and rebuild public confidence.
Technology on the Farm
Outgrow combines digital technologies and India’s ancient agricultural wisdom to support small-scale farmers.
To Save Democracy, Fund Organizing
Philanthropies concerned with toxic polarization and growing political extremism should invest in community organizing.
Saudi Female Social Entrepreneurs
Women in the Middle East seeking to launch social enterprises face significant barriers, but they can overcome them by leveraging social ties.
Anchoring Higher Education in the Community
At College Unbound, we aim to empower adult learners to transform their families, communities, and workplaces. We also aspire to transform higher education.