This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine this: What if scientists had a tool that allowed them to edit genes directly, altering their underlying DNA? The science-fictional applications, like designer babies or Frankensteined organisms, would be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to criminal justice reform efforts, states are leading the charge. Programs such as the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), a structured criminal justice reform process designed to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spark MicroGrants, a small NGO that practices what’s called community-driven development, an approach that invites communities to design, execute and manage their own aid projects–farms to feed families, power lines, schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In many communities in the Bay Area, preschool-aged children are growing up with undiagnosed vision problems. For these children, these problems—left untreated—can lead to permanent vision problems which impair learning ability,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The relationship between employment and access to health care is a hallmark feature of the United States’ health care system. While this was not the case with Medicaid, the government-sponsored…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World Animal Net (WAN) believes that effective advocacy is essential to the achievement of lasting social change that advances the status and welfare of animals. For this reason, we designed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Daniela Orozco picks off excess plastic bordering a 3D-printed box, she recalls how many homeless people she saw on her way to school when she was a high school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to discuss guns in our country without touching off an explosive debate. However, it’s possible to look past entrenched positions of “gun control” and “gun rights” to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why is the refugee crisis all over the news? How is this related to Syria? Why should we care at all? This video attempts at explaining the refugee crisis in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are proud of our mistakes. They are what help us learn to do even better. At the dZi Foundation, we go to extra lengths to listen to community members, to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For seven years, members of the House and Senate repeatedly promised the voters that they would repeal and replace Obamacare. The voters repeatedly rewarded them with election to office, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the empirical evidence mounts, nature-as-medical-treatment is catching on. “Ecotherapy” is a burgeoning field, and some doctors even write prescriptions for time spent in parks, as my colleague James Hamblin…