Credit Where It’s Due
New tools and practices are helping low-income Americans use rent payments to build up their financial profile.
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Crisis Tech
Listening closely to users has enabled developers to create digital tools that support responses to the recent Ebola outbreak.
Getting Creative About Corruption
A group in Lebanon deploys a wide range of methods—from mobile apps to street theater—to thwart bribe-taking by officials.
Text the Vote
In a classic leapfrogging initiative, Libya has enabled its citizens to complete voter registration via digital messaging technology.
Booked for Revival
A combination of fresh funding and e-book technology will enable publishers to give new life to out-of-print scholarly works.
An Incubator for Labor
Through the Workers Lab, union leaders aim to nurture “audacious ideas” that might reinvent the US labor movement.
The Barber Will See You Now
Researchers are exploring an unlikely venue for serving the critical health needs of African-American men.
Leveling the Internship Field
In Boston, a new program will give low-income college students an alternative to toiling as unpaid interns.
Data Game
To leverage data science for social good, one company is working to foster a bit of healthy competition.
Airport Buzz
Amid landing strips and airline terminals, threatened bee species are finding a much-needed new habitat.