Unconventional Solutions
As we create new ideas and solutions to society’s problems, we have to be careful not to become too wedded to them and think that they are universally applicable.
Global Issues - Most Popular
Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health (more)
Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
Shrinking Your Plastic Footprint
Getting companies to reduce their use of plastic is the focus of the Plastic Disclosure Project.
Data for Change
Data Without Borders matches tech-savy volunteers with organizations instead of data analysis.
An Agricultural Peace Dividend
In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.
Can Financial Citizenship Begin at Birth?
The Financial Access at Birth initiative aims to place $100 in an electronic savings
account for every child born in the world.
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Pluralistic Leadership
Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz makes a passionate argument that leadership is not reserved for the minority.
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The Race vs. the Stagnation
Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.
Community Empowerment
Emory and Chris Rose are members of a multi-issue nonprofit—SOCM—that tackles health, employment, and environmental issues in the isolated and often struggling coalfield communities of Tennessee.