What Will It Take To Build An Ownership Economy?
Just last week, the U.S. stock market hit record highs. Unemployment is low, inflation is starting to come down. By many standard indicators, the economy is humming along just fine.But
Making Stateless People Visible and Powerful
Christiana Bukalo, founder of StatefreeDominik MorbitzerUp to 15 million people worldwide are stateless, including an estimated half a million in Europe. To learn more, we caught up with Christiana Bukalo
Higher Education For The Age Of AI And Climate Change
Learning Planet Institute in Paris prepares learners to heal self, others, and the planet.Quentin ChevrierIn AI, climate, and many domains impacting our futures, the pace of change is speeding up
Lessons From Indonesia And Blueprints For A Regenerative Future
Gita SyahraniRangga MarganaWith vast tropical forests and more than one-third of the world’s tropical peatlands, Indonesia has an outsized role to play in protecting our planet. Here, we catch up
Worker Ownership And The New Appalachian Economy
Molly HemstreetTPS PhotographyFor a look at how communities in Appalachia are forging new economic paths forward, we turn to Molly Hemstreet, co-founder of Industrial Commons in North Carolina. Speaking with
What Brazil’s Community Banks Can Teach Us About Local Investment
In many democracies, growing wealth inequality is showing up as a destabilizing force. What happens when we shift a sole focus on individual prosperity and broaden our lens to community
Local Journalists Are The Key To Improving The Global News Industry
Cristi Hegranes, founder of Global PressMoshe ZusmanFrom rebuilding audience trust to reimagining the way journalists cover the world, Cristi Hegranes is optimistic that the future of journalism is bright. Here,
For Children Who Need Prosthetics, A New Design Process Puts Them In Charge
Autofabricantes has designed and open-sourced dozens of prosthetic attachments, allowing children to ... [+] pursue the full range of activities they love.Secretaría General IberoamericanaAn estimated 10 million people in the
How Businesses Are Taking A Stand Against Human Trafficking And Exploitation
Mariana RuenesLynn Hertzner (@lynnhertznerMariana Ruenes has been working since she was 17 years old to end modern-day slavery. Now, her Mexico City-based organization partners with the private sector, helping businesses
Why Slow And Steady Might Be The Formula For Lasting Social Change
Sascha Haselmayer, social entrepreneur and authorSascha Haselmayer Sascha Haselmayer is a social entrepreneur who has worked with communities and city governments in over 50 countries. An Ashoka Fellow, non-resident Fellow
Why We Need A Culture Shift In Government
Jen PahlkaFisher StudiosJennifer Pahlka founded Code for America to enhance government services with technology and design expertise. She served as deputy chief technology officer under President Obama and has advised
Climate Disasters And The Rise Of A New Workforce
Saket SoniResilience ForceBack in 2005, Hurricane Katrina was billed as a once-in-a-century event. Since then, over 200 disasters have each caused more than $1 billion in damage, says Saket Soni, the founder of Resilience
Building A Safety Net Against Economic Abuse
Sabotaging her job. Refusing to work. Demanding she accounts for every cent. Destroying her credit. Restricting food, shelter, transportation, and medicine. These are just a few examples of economic abuse.
Why Social Media Amplifies Extreme Views – And How To Stop It
Peace-builder and Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded Build Up to transform conflict in the digital age–in places from the U.S. to Iraq. With the exponential growth of viral polarizing
Filling The Factchecking Gap
60 million Latinos in the U.S. consume news in Spanish – but efforts to fact-check articles, clips, and social media snippets focus almost exclusively on content in English. Two leaders