Human Rights
Poverty Persists Because of Us
In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.
Review
Tag: United States
Civic Engagement
To Save Democracy, Fund Organizing
Philanthropies concerned with toxic polarization and growing political extremism should invest in community organizing.
Education
Anchoring Higher Education in the Community
At College Unbound, we aim to empower adult learners to transform their families, communities, and workplaces. We also aspire to transform higher education.
Environment
Air-Pollution Knowledge Is Power
Tweets about local air quality from US embassies around the world reduced local pollution and improved health.
Social Services
Discipline, Punish, and Palliate
Palliative measures such as needle-exchange programs form a third model of neoliberal urban-poverty governance alongside policing and paternalism.
Advocacy
For Investors, Protesting Beats Divesting
Investors exert more influence over corporate management through engagement than through boycotts and divestment.
Leadership
Inclusive Mentorship
A yearlong mentorship program teaches leadership and independent living skills to young disabled women.
Economic Development
Inclusive Growth for Heartland Cities
Tulsa is piloting a new model to measure its growth, hoping other cities will follow suit.
Education
Five Ways Business Schools Can Cultivate Better Leaders
How to change the curriculum, pedagogy, and culture of elite US business schools to foster leaders who are better equipped to serve the public good.
Technology
Leaky Pipelines or Broken Scaffolding? Supporting Women’s Leadership in STEM
Why the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field in the United States struggles to recruit and retain women—especially women of color—and three strategies to support their professional development and leadership in these fields.