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By encouraging extraordinary people to explore open-ended inquiry and nonlinear thinking to address complex challenges, among a well-networked group of peers across sector and discipline connected by place, the Stanton…

John Cornyn of Texas, the number-two Republican in the Senate, and Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, the chamber’s leading proponent of gun regulation, have a bill to address deficiencies in the background-check system.…

Data science — the study of computer-generated “big data” — is the hottest career in the U.S., according to Glassdoor. And now it’s the hottest math class at a growing number…

Nonprofits and social enterprises generally lack extra funds to help out if things go wrong. Unlike traditional businesses, it’s hard to develop a rain day fund when donors (or investors)…

The prominence of values-driven marketing during the big game was no accident. Millennials—now the largest generation of consumers ever—increasingly demand that the brands they interact with not only provide value…

On Feb. 2, world leaders gathered in Senegal with an ambitious and worthy goal: to raise $3.1 billion for the Global Partnership for Education to help fund schooling and better…

Call it the new face of venture capital. Kapor Capital is quietly building one of the youngest, most talented and most diverse teams of venture capitalists in the industry. That…

Go to overlooked places: Love of place drives the desire of entrepreneurs to solve local problems. Solve real problems: The best entrepreneurs solve problems they understand from their own lived experience.…

Cape Town has become the latest poster child of drought in the Southern African region. The dramatic declaration of Day Zero—the date on which the taps are turned off—has caught…

On March 1, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where…

Students in Florida and Maryland walked out of their schools en masse February 21st to protest gun violence in what could be a preview of nationwide demonstrations planned for next month.…

Making a big gift to draw other donors is only useful if the charity is highly effective. The practice of donors offering to “match” gifts made to charities they support…