This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 100 years ago, the women began dying. Their bones literally crumbled inside them, rendering some permanently crippled, some with broken jawbones. The women — some of them just teenage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the eyes of the state of Maine, Laurie Kane is an able-bodied adult without dependents, and thus ineligible for most forms of government support. In her own eyes, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sierra Health Foundation launched the Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI) in 2012 with the goal of supporting California counties to change the way they approach and work with justice-involved youth.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. EMCF’s Jehan Velji, Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Strategy, discusses that ultimately, better listening will ground us in reality while we try to address the needs of the people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Casey Billieson was fighting against the world. Hers was a charge carried by many mothers: moving mountains to make the best future for her two sons. But the mountains she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a hard-nosed venture capital firm like Andreessen Horowitz puts money into your startup, you know you have money-making potential. Brooklyn fintech startup Propel has long had users for its app aimed at food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Diverse groups of people bring to organizations more and different ways of seeing a problem and, thus, faster/better ways of solving it.” We want to let you in on an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Better government policy could supercharge the growth of investing for profit and good, taking it from niche to mainstream. Revolution Foods was an early beneficiary of the growing interest in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even with improvements in unemployment rates and the economy over the past few years, the rates of hunger in America remain pervasively high. Some 12.7 percent of people living in…
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have all heard a lot about Haiti, much of it focused on the poverty that existed before the January 12, 2010 earthquake and the devastation that followed. In this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Andrew Carnegie’s giving to create thousands of public libraries around the United States is one of the more well-known stories of how philanthropy has improved life in America. Most of…