This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In case you missed it, Steve Case’s new Rise of the Rest fund, which strives to “construct an ecosystem like the one in Silicon Valley that will provide support and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, more than 4 million young people experience homelessness in the United States. And while youth homelessness is a largely hidden problem, it impacts a staggering number of young…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past five years, the idea that computer programming–or “coding”–is the key to the future for both children and adults alike has become received wisdom in the United States.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The systematic exclusion of the Rohingya can be traced back through the history of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is always difficult to say exactly where the conflict begins, but in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than eighty design-oriented and engineering students from ten different universities as well as professionals from across New York City spent fifteen hours over two days at the NYU Media and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Too many California children can’t read, and the state doesn’t have an adequate plan to fix the problem, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is increasingly acknowledged that the global gender gap is severe, with major negative economic and social consequences, and that accelerating progress toward gender parity has enormous benefits. Yet progress…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most rural women in India lack a land title. If one’s husband died, or decided to leave the family, they could be left homeless, without rights to their home. All…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You know the way corals are formed? Like microorganisms piling up on each other—it’s kind of like a pileup of many conversations and experiences.” This is how Tim Rios describes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thirteen years ago, Debbie Aung Din and Jim Taylor moved to Myanmar with their two children to launch Proximity Designs. The nonprofit aims to a make rural families more prosperous by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My neighbor is an eye doctor. She sees patients every day. The vast majority of her patients suffer from a handful of common conditions, many a natural byproduct of old…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How is success defined? For many of us, we focus on what we can most easily measure: money. Money does matter, of course, at least until we reach a “comfortable…