The Downside of Social Impact Bonds
After more than three years researching social impact bonds, a filmmaker argues we need to consider the ways they might be doing more harm than good.
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A Hippocratic Oath for Our Digital Lives
The social sector has an opportunity to create digital spaces that give people a meaningful role in shaping a collective future.
Women and the Future of Work
The strategies companies and policy makers are designing to address the changing nature of work need to include a gender lens if they are to help foster the economic empowerment of women.
Three Cheers for Regulation
During the Industrial Revolution, labor organizations, social movements, the media, and government came together to rein in big business, providing lessons on how to regulate firms of today like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, writes SSIR's editor-in-chief in an introduction to the Summer 2019 issue.
When Aid Fails
The citizen journalism effort What Went Wrong? examines international development projects with the help of reports from people the project was supposed to benefit. A What's Next article from the Summer 2019 issue.
A Moonshot to Restore Artic Ice
The nonprofit is developing a solution to restore and preserve Arctic sea ice by spreading sandlike silica microspheres in strategic locations to reflect sunlight and heat. From the Summer 2019 issue.
New Alliances for Human Rights
PROVEA is spreading the word about Venezuela’s political and economic crisis while building alliances in neighboring countries. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.
Fail-Safe Keeping of Personal Records
The MyPass Austin project aims to help people experiencing homelessness by using blockchain technology to secure their personal documents. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.
Queer Activism Goes Online
Astraea’s CommsLabs program combines indigenous knowledge, technology, and healing practices to power the next wave of LGBTQI organizing. From the Summer 2019 issue.
The Invention of Digital Civil Society
For nearly three decades, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has led the fight to protect people’s digital rights, incubating allied organizations and offering free security tools to nonprofits. Can it continue to uphold its mission? From the Summer 2019 issue.