Civil Society Confronts Authoritarianism
My experience in Erdoğan’s Turkey has taught me that NGOs need to avoid polarizing politics, focus on core values, and find allies to survive and thrive in closing societies.
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The Moral Imperative of Clean Household Energy
The world’s poor and low-income countries need greater access to modern energy solutions, including clean-burning fossil fuels for household use.
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.
Caring for Working Caregivers
Employers must do more to help employees who combine their jobs with taking care of family members and friends.
Mobilize Communities for Homeless Vets
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development turbocharged community efforts to end homelessness among veterans and provided a model for better government.
The Art of the Development Deal
The Trump administration can use foreign aid to further American interests and improve the lives of people around the world.
Marginalized Returns
Impact investing has been seduced by a false narrative of combining social impact with financial gains.