No Kids in Cages
By the end of August, the United States Border Patrol had detained more than 800,000 individuals, including more than 70,000 unaccompanied children.
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The New Policymakers
Billed as a “pop-up” think tank, Next100 capitalizes on its small size, openness to new approaches, and location outside the echo chamber of Washington, DC, to offer innovative policymaking and fresh leadership. A What's Next article from the Fall 2019 issue.
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Open Source Aid
An excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Aid Industry argues the case for openness.
Making Places for Everyone — With Everyone
Placemaking strategies can improve city life, but they must be used equitably and ensure community involvement. This is the sixth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
How to Use Stories to Bring ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Together
To build more inclusive movements, social advocacy organizations and activists need to create stories that can engage both familiar and new communities.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.