An Incubator for Labor
Through the Workers Lab, union leaders aim to nurture “audacious ideas” that might reinvent the US labor movement.
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Researchers are exploring an unlikely venue for serving the critical health needs of African-American men.
Leveling the Internship Field
In Boston, a new program will give low-income college students an alternative to toiling as unpaid interns.
Data Game
To leverage data science for social good, one company is working to foster a bit of healthy competition.
Airport Buzz
Amid landing strips and airline terminals, threatened bee species are finding a much-needed new habitat.
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Retailing with Heart
At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.
Antipoverty Apps
mPowering has created an app that awards goods and services to individuals facing extreme poverty when they make beneficial choices.
Stopping Child Porn
Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast.
Curling Up with E-Readers
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
Trawling for Trash
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.