Crisis Tech
Listening closely to users has enabled developers to create digital tools that support responses to the recent Ebola outbreak.
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Getting Creative About Corruption
A group in Lebanon deploys a wide range of methods—from mobile apps to street theater—to thwart bribe-taking by officials.
Booked for Revival
A combination of fresh funding and e-book technology will enable publishers to give new life to out-of-print scholarly works.
Source of Opportunity
Sama Group, a social enterprise that connects disadvantaged people with digital work, is expanding its reach to the United States.
Food
More Than a Meal
Technical ingenuity and private funding enable Akshaya Patra to serve hot, healthy lunches to 1.4 million Indian children every day.
The Park That Paid Off
The Presidio Trust represents an alternative model for funding and managing a public asset. Includes magazine extras.
Lifting Up Day Labor
A social enterprise called In Every Story brings better pay—and a spirit of empathy—to a highly marginalized workforce.
Zone of Impact
A school-based collective impact project in West Dallas, Texas, is yielding lessons on how to compile and use big data.
What Holds Women Back?
In the nonprofit sector, occupational segregation can adversely affect women’s chances of moving into managerial positions.