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Nonprofits

Now What?

By Drummond Pike 2

With the election over, progressives have an unprecedented opportunity to make a difference.

Government

Vote.

By Lucy Bernholz

Voting may be an efficient form of charity.

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Government

Dropping the Ball

By Anthony Ewing

Why the Soccer Ball Project—one of the world's first multistakeholder efforts to stop abuses of labor rights—is failing to protect workers in Pakistan.

Robert Klein - Proposition 71: Funding Stem Cell Research

When President Bush set limits on stem cell research in 2001, millions of families who were hopeful that such research could help alleviate the diseases of their loved ones were devastated. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation audio lecture, attorney Robert Klein discusses his efforts to author and push through legislation in California which, so far, has succeeded in advancing such research. Sharing personal and political struggles, Klein movingly underscores the urgency behind his quest.

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Social Innovations

Q & A: David Gergen

By James A. Phills Jr. 6

In this interview with James A. Phills Jr., the Stanford Social Innovation Review's academic editor, former presidential advisor David Gergen discusses his views on social innovation, why social entrepreneurs should be more engaged in politics, and how the federal government can work with and even fund social entrepreneurs.