The Story of a Transformative Idea

By David B. Oppenheimer

An adapted excerpt from The Diversity Principle on the long history that America is forgetting

Here Comes the Sun

By David V. Johnson

Hindu pilgrims access free health care on their way to the Makar Sankranti festival.

What We Owe to Caregivers

Reviewed By Kat McGowan

Laura Mauldin's In Sickness and in Health examines the plight of family caregivers and the ableism that causes them to suffer their burden alone.

Spring 2026

Fighting Misinformation Works

By Chana R. Schoenberger

Children can be taught to identify false health claims online, and the benefits can spread to their parents.

Want to Support a Healthy Democracy? Start Here.

By Alexa Bush & Kyle Kutuchief 1

After a decade of transforming public spaces, we are building trust and connection between Americans.

Tolon’s World

By Christian Seelos, Nazik Beishenaly & Johanna Mair

One Kyrgyz entrepreneur had an ambitious vision for transforming his country into a vital, independent nation free from its Soviet past. He reverse-engineered that vision into a stepping-stone strategy that is already having enormous impact in Kyrgyzstan and beyond.

Ending Ocean Plastic Pollution

By Marianne Dhenin

Researchers have developed plastic-like materials that dissolve in the ocean and could soon come to market.

SSIR Online, Spring 2026 Issue

By SSIR Editors

What SSIR readers are saying about articles on innovation in trying times, data and social justice, and impact investing.

Human Capital Development

By David V. Johnson

The Spring 2026 cover story examines how to invest in human flourishing in the age of AI. Plus: two important critiques of contemporary philanthropy and a new academic editor.

Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence

By Isabelle C. Hau 8

As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.