This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to space exploration, what constitutes the “pursuit of the extraordinary?” Is it exploring and colonizing Mars? No, said NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison, Mars is not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has a lot to say about why she put money into Aspect, a firm co-founded by veteran investors Theresia Gout…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Rwandan government partnered with Zipline, the Silicon Valley company that delivers essential medical products by drone, it set an important example of how governments and companies can work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Social entrepreneurs” – those who measure their business’s success beyond simply generating a profit and also focus on the positive impact the business makes on society – often have the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have always been passionate about volunteerism — not because there was one specific cause I felt drawn to, but because of the gratification I derive from volunteering. One initiative I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In December 2016, Open Impact, a social change advisory firm, reported some strange behavior by Silicon Valley’s wealthiest givers. While overall giving has reached record highs in the region — it’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Element AI — which last year raised $102 million to build an incubator-meets-consultancy to work with multiple businesses as they launch new services and systems based on artificial intelligence — is entering the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Economic progress has brought much growth and prosperity to Asia in the past decade, but with that progress, comes a growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Population growth,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you want to spend your spare time volunteering, an app set up by two students, with the help of funds raised from their parents, has an answer. Their startup…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, as leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss how to “create a shared future in a fractured world,” many of the conversations will center on the role of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Humanitarian organizations are actively researching and testing how the use of messaging and bots can help refugees or those directly impacted by a natural disaster. Unicef created its own bot, U-Report,to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Facing budget pressure at home and from Washington, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed increasing school aid by 3 percent this year — far less than what advocates and the state’s education policymakers had sought.…