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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health
The key to healing in an epidemic of loneliness is found in local communities that address social isolation as a public health concern.
Social Issues - Articles
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The Original Lifehackers
An excerpt from Upshift on how people living with disabilities create innovation
Design Thinking Misses the Mark
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology.
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How to Use Integrated Capital to Shift Power to the Front Lines
The Kataly Foundation invests in communities in ways that ensure that more value stays in the community.
How Business Can Fight Populism
Populism is re-emergent worldwide, posing direct threats not just to democratic governance but also to socially responsible businesses. Despite the populist challenge, businesses still have an opportunity to do good and support liberal democratic forces.
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Supporting Visions of New Economic Power
Visionary solidarity economy projects are putting down roots in communities across the United States. But philanthropy will be needed for these seeds to bear fruit.
Digital Sustainability for a Better Future
Digital technologies, when used in the right way, can benefit organizational performance, improve people’s lives, and protect the planet.
A Sustainable Sealant
A Filipino aeronautical engineer has invented an organic sealant using the pili tree’s spent resin.
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Building Political Power When Everything Is at Stake
Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and against right-wing authoritarianism.
Exhibiting the Vagina
The Vagina Museum educates the public about gynecological and reproductive health to dispel sexist myths and challenge normative body politics.