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Philanthropy

Why Do People Give to Charity?

By Sean Stannard-Stockton 29

Giving is motivated by humans’ deeply held need to find meaning in life.

Review

Review: The Blue Way

Review By Jennifer Roberts

Spring 2008

Review

Review: Making Sustainability Work

Review By Jennifer Roberts

Spring 2008

Review

Review: Innovation Nation

Review By Jennifer Roberts

Spring 2008

Nonprofits

Sixty Ways to Leave Your Merger Partner or When a Board Just Can’t Say “I do”

By Jean Butzen

Why nonprofits unmerge.

Poor in Body

By Alana Conner

Toxic environments knock impoverished kids’ systems out of kilter.

With Love Comes War

By Alana Conner

Xenophobia and altruism may have evolved hand in hand.

Aim for the Middle

By Alana Conner

To persuade a whole group, start by changing the minds of a few moderates.

Red and Blue Revisited

By Alana Conner

The more race- and sex-segregated the county, the more Republican it votes.

15 Minutes with Vicky Colbert

By Eric Nee 1

SSIR Managing Editor Eric Nee spoke with Escuela Nueva’s president Vicky Colbert about her efforts to change the way children are educated.