An Incubator for Labor
Through the Workers Lab, union leaders aim to nurture “audacious ideas” that might reinvent the US labor movement.
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Entrepreneurship and Ebola
Creating an ethically sourced apparel company in West Africa is hard enough, but when Ebola strikes, the challenges become almost insurmountable.
Bursaries for Girls
The relatively simple act of providing African girls with the money they need to stay in school has achieved significant results.
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Past Isn’t Always Prologue
For policy makers today, earlier efforts to promote local community organizing yield relatively few lessons.
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A More Perfect Union?
New ideas on how to empower US workers involve breaking free of current labor law.
Teaching Marketplace Literacy with the Help of 3D Printing
A program developed in India to provide marketplace literacy aims for impact in Illinois
Measuring Human Progress
A new report on California highlights how human well-being is a more relevant gauge of progress than economic metrics.
A Strategy for Alleviating Poverty
Why there is a renewed sense of urgency and optimism about place-based initiatives.