Thinking About Punishment
An excerpt from How Trust Works on the psychology of criminal justice reform
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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India
How rural women are unbraiding borders to reclaim power in agrarian India
Why We’re Targeting the Hardest to Reach Voters
Because the Black male vote is targeted for suppression, defending democracy requires an equally targeted and data-driven response.
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Voices of Power Builders
Advice on increasing support for community power building from power builders and funders
Securing Trust in People and Place
Nonprofits seeking to improve communities face the hard work of building trust. Success requires prioritizing the people you work with and proceeding patiently.
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The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Inside Switzerland’s Radical Drug Policy Innovation
A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.