Arts
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.
Tag: United States
Civil Society
Big Society or Collective Impact?
How are the UK and US addressing the third sector’s next challenges, and where they are failing?
Review
Civil Society
Just Instincts
The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning
Government
Social Innovation in Washington, D.C.
A look at what’s needed next to create the right policy environment for innovation and results.
Civil Society
It Takes Three to Tango
A European perspective on American civil society. A quick glance at the latest
thinking about not-for-profit management and philanthropy
reveals some profound differences between the ways American and
European practitioners look at today’s major societal challenges.
Social Entrepreneurship
A New Type of Hybrid
Social entrepreneurs have taken the hybrid model to a new level, crafting it into a single structure that can operate as both a for-profit and a nonprofit.
Podcast
Energy
Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy
United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu talks about the green technology revolution and why America needs it.
Economic Development
Welfare Works Better than Bootstraps
In Britain, the social safety net allows people who fall into poverty to pull themselves out. Americans who become poor are more likely to stay that way.
Review
Civil Society
One Nation Under Gods
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell
Government
How the State of the Union Showcases Trouble for the Government-Mandated Governance Structure
The hundreds, if not thousands, of nonprofits and collaborations that are similar to CAPs should definitely take notice.