Philanthropy can invigorate our communities and our democracy by investing in refugee leadership and civic participation.
National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural understanding.
Those with wealth and privilege are uniquely positioned to support the building and reimagining of our tattered and under-resourced democracy-preserving institutions.
For a more equitable, inclusive, multiracial, and multiethnic democracy, we must invest substantive, resourced, and long-term decision-making power in the public.
Invisible Hate is a digital platform that informs the public about the racist history of America’s Confederate monuments so that they can take action.
An excerpt from Activate Brand Purpose on what companies can learn from societal movements’ decay and success.
Susan Urahn of The Pew Charitable Trusts and Sarah Rosen Wartell of the Urban Institute discuss the many challenges facing American democracy—and ways to find common ground in a polarized environment. Produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.
The passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act gives those of us in the nonpartisan public policy space reason to be optimistic.
A look at the difference between cultural and social entrepreneurship.
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
