Precision Fishing
SmartCatch deploys digital technology to help make the world’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable.
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The Psychedelic Revolution in Mental Health
Rick Doblin launched the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies in 1986 to research and advocate for the use of LSD, magic mushrooms, and Ecstasy to treat mental illness. After more than three decades of labor, he has found his moment.
Closing the Research-Practice Gap in Education
Research-practice partnerships can help academic researchers and school district leaders discover what works for schools and classrooms.
Doing Development Differently
International aid must use different approaches to address the massive systemic problems it seeks to solve.
What Kinds of Protests Work?
Protest actions seen as extreme and highly disruptive diminish popular support.
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Make America ‘We’ Again
The famed author of Bowling Alone returns with a sweeping social history that searches for optimism in a deeply divided America.
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Outsourcing Governance
In The Privatized State, Chiara Cordelli explains how the US government divested itself of its duties and offers solutions for rebuilding the republic.
SSIR Online, Spring 2021 Issue
Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on design thinking, foundation spending, and rebuilding US democracy.
Hope on the Horizon
Wealthy nations are making large purchases of approved coronavirus vaccines, leaving other countries to wait longer to acquire the vaccine.
Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights as a Minimum Standard for Corporate Practice
By building strategic alliances with investors and shareholders, Indigenous Peoples are proactively protecting their rights by urging corporate respect of those rights in routine operations.