How Schools Reproduce Social Station
Classrooms shape students’ ideas of merit differently, depending on their social class.
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The Search for Human Rights
Google search trends worldwide suggest that human rights will continue to resonate with resistance movements in the Global South.
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Exiting the Fast Lane
Social entrepreneur Sascha Haselmayer argues for slowness as the most effective method for creating lasting social change.
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System Error
In Recoding America, Barack Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer argues that the success of government policies requires better implementation of digital services for the public.
SSIR Online, Fall 2023 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about mental health, impact investing, climate funding, capacity building, and better people and culture practices.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.