This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I estimate, that at typical policy margins in the United States today, decarceration has zero net impact on crime. That estimate is uncertain, but at least as much evidence suggests…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 100 social impact bonds have been launched since the first SIB in 2010. Development impact bonds, or DIBs, on the other hand, haven’t made as much traction. Only three…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent studies suggest that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and helps be more adaptive in the workplace. A 2013 study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the immediate wake of Nelsan Ellis’ death from complications following heart failure, his family did something remarkable. In this country, there is still a lot of misperception and downright stigma around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maybe the USA can learn something from Portugal, where all drugs were decriminalized in 2001? Compared to Portugal, drug overdose deaths per million in neighboring Spain are 2.5X as high,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 1980 and 2014, the number of Americans dying from cardiovascular disease was cut in half. Though cardiovascular disease — an umbrella term for conditions that affect the heart and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Those who justify fat shaming may argue it’s morally or ethically right to embarrass someone into trying to lose weight. But a mountain of scientific evidence suggests fat shaming is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The loan fund launched earlier this year to help social enterprises gain access to debt and credit. It extended a small loan to Mexico, which launched in 2010 to offer affordable home solar…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gates gave away $4.6 billion in Microsoft shares in June to his personal charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a filing published Monday by the Securities and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How cost-effective might developing new vaccines be? GAVI, the leading funder for vaccine-related work, is cited by a few different sources as potentially saving a life for under $1000, though…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Australian researchers have received funding to undertake an in-vitro study of live brain cells in Parkinson’s disease patients. This work is critical in laying the foundations for screening new therapeutics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Bangalore company’s game-based teaching app helps underprivileged students develop spoken English skills to land jobs in India’s booming knowledge economy. The app, called Enguru, offers instruction in 28 of…