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From cameras that identify the faces of passersby to algorithms that keep tabs on public sentiment online, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools are opening new frontiers in state surveillance around the world. Law…

When the European Union embraced the concept of double materiality in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, mandating that investors consider risks corporations externalize onto people, the business and human rights…

Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news…

As an organization that raises funds primarily in the United States, then distributes those funds to groups working in the global South (largely Southeast Asia), our role is sometimes summed…

Record-setting heat waves plaguing India are threatening crop yields amid increased global demand for grains. In response, the Indian government recently imposed a ban on wheat exports. The early arrival of…

New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating…

Today, approximately 866 million people are going hungry — a staggering figure that represented an increase of about 100-200 million from before the pandemic. It’s underdiscussed, but starvation and malnutrition continue to be some of the most…

Technology, policymaking, grassroots organizing, and evidence-based decision-making. These are at the heart of the solutions for projects undertaken by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI). Founded in 2019, CEI is…

We must shift how we understand and build societal health and prosperity, looking beyond economic growth to collective well-being and environmental sustainability. To solve the social, economic, and environmental challenges…

I recently heard a Hidden Brain podcast that changed how I think about money. The show talked about “money scripts” — the narratives we hold about money, and how it subconsciously informs how…

Pro-LGBTQI+ organisations receive just 0.35 percent of philanthropic funding; anti-LGBTQI+ organisations actively campaigning for the reversal of our rights are far better funded. One organisation alone spent $622m on stopping…

Will artificial intelligence be a help or a hindrance in the response to climate change? It depends. In the journal Nature Climate Change, a team of experts in AI, climate change,…