Flush With Equality
Amid pushbacks against LGBTQ rights elsewhere, a New York City executive order ensures equal access to bathrooms.
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Unintended Consequences
How a strategic investment steered an educational-technology startup into trouble.
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Banking on the Poor
Using the off-grid solar revolution to unlock credit for low-income customers in Africa.
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Guaranteed Impact
Increasing supplies and cutting prices for contraceptives without spending a dime.
Impact Within Reach
A social enterprise in Myanmar uses design thinking to create products that reflect an up-close view of what small-plot farmers need.
Making School New
In and around Pittsburgh, a cross-sector network sponsors approaches to education that blend technology and peer-to-peer collaboration.
The “Better” Bet
Ariadne Labs, founded by Atul Gawande, seeks to improve outcomes by getting health-care organizations to adopt proven interventions.
One Day at a Time
An incremental approach to fostering sustainable eating habits is the hallmark of Green Monday, an organization based in Hong Kong.
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Returns on Investment
How a broad bet on a biotech company paid off in promising drugs for neglected diseases.