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Despite adversities, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas continue to thrive and develop solutions to social problems that help their communities—and the wider world.
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Making the Gig Economy Work for Workers
The gig economy has upended the traditional employer-employee relationship and informalized work globally. Now workers around the world are pushing back.
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The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
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The Profit in Nonprofit
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Beyond the Poverty Line
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
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To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.