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Autonomy, Culture, and the Voice of Silence
Why silence, obligation, and dissent mean different things across cultures, and what leaders get wrong when they assume voice is universal.
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Food Desert or Food Apartheid?
An excerpt from Hanna Garth's Food Justice Undone on how power dynamics warp progress
When Conflict Reveals the Work
Designing DEI that lasts requires that organizations find alignment and congruence between strategy, structure, and everyday practice.
Tolon’s World
One Kyrgyz entrepreneur had an ambitious vision for transforming his country into a vital, independent nation free from its Soviet past. He reverse-engineered that vision into a stepping-stone strategy that is already having enormous impact in Kyrgyzstan and beyond.
SSIR Online, Spring 2026 Issue
What SSIR readers are saying about articles on innovation in trying times, data and social justice, and impact investing.
Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence
As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.
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Freedom for Profit?
Stephanie Limoncelli's Advocacy, Inc. argues that the anti-slavery movement's business-friendly orientation impairs its ability to advocate on behalf of workers and exploited victims of trafficking.
The Academic Costs of Social Apps
Excessive screen time, largely spent on gaming apps, is contagious and lowers students' grades and post-graduate income, a Chinese study reveals.
Building a Climate-Activist Ecosystem
The Kennedy-backed nonprofit Climate Emergency Fund supports disruptive activism to raise awareness of the climate crisis—and is looking to scale. | Open access to this article for non-subscribers is sponsored by an SSIR supporter.