The Snowden Effect: An Opportunity?
Pro-privacy activists and others have a chance to reinvent the conversation about security and privacy in the digital age.
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Civic Work, Civic Lessons: Two Generations Reflect on Public Service
Civic Work, Civic Lessons discusses the importance of engaging in public service, especially for younger people.
Beyond Solidarity
Bridge-building is the next essential action for global gender equality.
Civil Society and Significant Change—Are We Ready?
Given the scope and urgency of the many changes facing the social sector, it’s time to build new bridges for cross-sector and cross-generation learning.
If a Nonprofit Falls in the Forest …
When it comes to the social sector, mainstream media is silent.
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Making Founder Successions Work
Nonprofits benefit when they carefully plan an extended role for founders who step down. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.
A Failure of Philanthropy
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
Circles of Change
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Offsetting Green Guilt
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?
Reconnecting Youth in America’s Cities
A new report examines the relationship between place and race, and disconnected youth in the United States.