Petition Power
Change.org, a five-year-old San Francisco-based startup, has emerged as one of the leading platforms for online activism.
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Private Schools for the Poor
All across the developing world, poor parents are investing in low-cost private education for their children—and seeing positive results.
Reality Time for Human Service Organizations
The recent collapse of Hull House is a reminder that the tectonic shifts underway in the human service sector cannot be avoided.
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The Race vs. the Stagnation
Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.
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The Race vs. the Stagnation
Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.
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Collective Impact
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.