This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Are you looking for volunteer opportunities in Seattle? Here are several nonprofits, rated highly by people who have already volunteered or interned there. We’ve listed nonprofits supporting all types of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a letter posted to Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg reflected on what he and wife Priscilla Chan have learned about philanthropy in 2017. One of his biggest takeaways was that improving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social innovation is about transforming the challenges our societies face into opportunities to create new solutions, business models, jobs, and more sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Commission believes social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While most of the recent attention on the Hill has been on the tax bill — legislation that could have all kinds of negative impacts on housing — the Alliance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are over two million people living in Public Housing, which is provided by the Federal Government. With that total, 16% are seniors and 36% are disabled people. 49% of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While 86 percent of Americans buy gifts for friends and family as part of celebrating Christmas, nearly a quarter feel wasteful when thinking about buying and receiving gifts. Furthermore, according to a survey by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new venture capital fund and innovation hub, called Blu1877, was launched by the Italian food company Barilla Group to support innovators in creating the future of sustainable food. The name for Blu1877…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lately, there has been a flurry of publications and events promoting and facilitating the contribution of businesses to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (1, 2, 3). However, sometimes it seems like companies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The massive power of profit-hungry corporations to induce humanity to act in self-destructive ways is a hardy perennial of intellectuals and political activists. But it is curiously lacking in persuasive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Internet access has transformed teaching and learning. In many schools, internet connectivity is a basic prerequisite for lessons in every subject, at every grade level. While this is a problem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through mass incarceration, we have decided that millions of our fellow citizens should be locked out of opportunity. Each year, more than 500,000 people are released from incarceration, and research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new literacy program for children from babies to third grade will focus on tutoring students and encouraging reading at an early age as it works with 100 families in…