Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
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The Challenges Facing Humanitarian Aid Groups Right Now
What’s the impact of recent funding cuts to humanitarian aid? How are organizations reorganizing their critical work with vulnerable communities? Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee and Harriet Carvalho of DAFGiving360 join SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to discuss the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and how donors can respond. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
What Will It Take to Reimagine Security?
The polycrisis requires seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across multiple systems.
The Stories We Tell About AI
Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. Current narratives on AI and work only serve to increase tech companies’ power and undermine workers’ rights.
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21st-Century Democracy: Building a Transnational Innovation Ecosystem
Defending and strengthening democracy requires local, national, and transnational solutions. This essay series, sponsored by Keseb, shares strategies and perspectives from leading democracy champions in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States.
Proactive Mapping to Manage Disaster
The ESA Hub is spearheading an anticipatory-response model of disaster management in Zimbabwe to protect people from climate-related destruction.
A Historical Model for AI Regulation and Collaboration
What the Human Genome Project can teach us about channeling a revolutionary technology for public benefit—and why nuclear weapons are a counter-productive analogy.
Generative AI Is All About the Money
What the social innovation community needs to understand about Silicon Valley’s current hype cycle.
Do All AI Systems Need to Be Explainable?
“Explainable AI” can bridge the gap between AI outputs and human expertise, but a balance needs to be struck between explainability and performance.
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Turk Wars: How AI Threatens the Workers Who Fuel It
The much-hyped AI tools of the future are being built by a globally dispersed army of data workers.