Social Entrepreneurship
Eight Social Entrepreneurs Tell Their Personal Stories
SSIR editors select eight books by leading social entrepreneurs about their personal journeys along the path to social change.
Tag: United States
Technology & Design
Across the Digital Divide
One Laptop per Child Australia has developed a visionary program to bring digital technology to children in remote areas.
Government
Accounting for Justice
The US criminal justice system will benefit from a new tool that collects and compares data on a county-by-county basis.
Civil Society
Bridging the Generations
Older people and foster families are forming mutually supportive communities, with help from a group called Generations of Hope.
Food
A Fresh Approach to Food Stamps
In some places, users of the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can supplement their diet via community supported agriculture.
Review
Cities
Manifest Density
Investment in "hyperdense" cities is, according to one writer, the key to solving many problems that afflict US society.
Economic Development
Poverty’s New Home
Poverty is growing in US suburbs, but for service providers, does it matter where the poor live?
Civil Society
The Snowden Effect: An Opportunity?
Pro-privacy activists and others have a chance to reinvent the conversation about security and privacy in the digital age.
Health
Last Mile Gaps in the Affordable Care Act
Three massive and untapped entrepreneurial opportunities.
Health
What Can Africa Do for Obama?
We should not overlook innovations in the subcontinent that could be transformative in the United States.