Coming Together Amid Difference
Racial and economic segregation hampers local civic action, but public schools can serve as a facilitator. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.
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The Persistence of Black College Students
Black students attend college at greater rates than expected, given their socioeconomic disadvantages, and thereby attain more degrees than expected.
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Not Just Copycats
A new book on Chinese entrepreneurs breaks through stereotypes and offers a more comprehensive view of innovation in China.
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The Complicated Revolution
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
The Pathology of Tradition
Women’s rights and human rights organizations take aim at the tradition of "menstrual exile" through creating broad access to scientific knowledge that destigmatizes menstruation.
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Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
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.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.