Innovations in technology that serve the world (more)
During the Industrial Revolution, labor organizations, social movements, the media, and government came together to rein in big business, providing lessons on how to regulate firms of today like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, writes SSIR's editor-in-chief in an introduction to the Summer 2019 issue.
The nonprofit is developing a solution to restore and preserve Arctic sea ice by spreading sandlike silica microspheres in strategic locations to reflect sunlight and heat. From the Summer 2019 issue.
The MyPass Austin project aims to help people experiencing homelessness by using blockchain technology to secure their personal documents. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.
Astraea’s CommsLabs program combines indigenous knowledge, technology, and healing practices to power the next wave of LGBTQI organizing. From the Summer 2019 issue.
For nearly three decades, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has led the fight to protect people’s digital rights, incubating allied organizations and offering free security tools to nonprofits. Can it continue to uphold its mission? From the Summer 2019 issue.
Blockchain has done more than simply enable Chinese social entrepreneurs to improve the transparency, trustworthiness, and fundraising of the country’s charitable causes. It has helped launch a more decentralized and autonomous philanthropic sector.
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
Three lessons from a long-term partnership to reach more than 100 million people with better health care in India.
Three perspectives on the future of transnational advocacy, and how organizations can adapt to the challenges of 21st-century campaigning.
Not everyone needs to become a tech expert, but all activists and nonprofit leaders must develop skills to inquire about, decide on, and demand technological change.
