SSIR Stories Around the World
Stories selected by the editors of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s global editions and why they chose to share them with their local audiences.
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Housing and Local Solutions: Elevating What Works
Local initiatives are breaking new ground to make access to housing and opportunity more affordable and equitable and to increase the resources dedicated to housing justice.
The Problem With Tables
In discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, the table is frequently used as a symbol of inclusion. Whether by design or default, the table is accepted as a place to ameliorate issues of marginalization, exclusion, neglect, discrimination, and other harms.
The Right to Disconnect
Constant connectivity harms employees’ work-life balance and mental health. Better labor policy and remote work legislation can help meet the needs of people and organizations.
Justice for Liberia’s Forgotten War
Alain Werner and Hassan Bility have teamed up to pursue expat Liberians accused of horrific war crimes. They have succeeded in winning justice abroad, but can they secure justice in Liberia itself?
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.
The Racism of the ‘Hard-to-Find’ Qualified Black Candidate Trope
Stereotypes and racial bias in hiring and promotion are damaging at personal, career, and organizational levels.
Web3 and the Trap of ‘For Good’
Because decentralization doesn’t necessarily mean redistributing power, Web3 must make values integral to the architecture.