Spreading Protest Tactics
More collaboration among activist groups leads to a broader repertoire of tactics.
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Tragedy of the Common Car
Zipcar members may share cars, but they don't feel a sense of community.
Follow the Money
MapLight, a nonprofit that crunches data to determine the influence of money in politics, aims to make government more accountable.
Lance Armstrong and the Contagion of Unethical Behavior
The dangers of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal reach far beyond performance-enhancing drugs.
The Tricky Business of Cultural Change
If real, radical cultural change is a goal of the Clinton Global Initiative, then real rich people are part of the problem and fundamental to the solution.
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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.