Meet The Barbers Starting A Conversation About Mental Health
The Confess Project advocates for the mental health of Black men across the U.S. by training barbers to listen to and support clients in crisis. Overcoming stigma and structural barriers
How 100 Communities Are Solving Homelessness—And What We Can Learn From Their Success
Homelessness is often thought of as intractable, ever-present. Yet social entrepreneur Rosanne Haggerty demonstrates how it can be solved. One hundred U.S. cities and counties collaborate through her organization Community
How Living With Pumas For 27 Years Changed Kai Pacha
Kai Pacha with puma cubsNélson TorresKai Pacha is a social entrepreneur based in Córdoba, Argentina, where she runs a natural reserve that protects pumas and helps ranchers coexist with them.
Gender-Based Violence And The Role Tech Plays
With online abuse and gender-based violence making headlines, we caught up with Ashoka Fellow Hera Hussain, founder of Chayn, to gain insights about the role technology can play, as well
Police Accountability Done Right: Learning From India’s Denotified Tribes
Caste-based discrimination in India was codified into law in 1871 by the British colonial authorities when they enacted the Criminal Tribes Act branding several nomadic and indigenous communities as “hereditary
Bridging The Gaps: Two Paths To Financial Freedom
Proof Bakery in Los Angeles transitioned to employee ownership in 2021 with the help of Project ... [+] Equity. Franzi Charen How can we shape
Making Genomic Testing Available To All—And Safeguarding People’s Control Of Their Health Data
Sharon Terry, CEO Genetic Alliance Sharon Terry is President and CEO of Genetic Alliance, a leader in transforming health systems by being responsive to the real
Keeping Children Safely With, Not From, Their Families—Foster Care, Transformed
According to Children's Rights, more than 672,000 children spent time in foster care in 2019, and on any given day, more than 400,000 children in the U.S. are living in
India’s Youth Are Breaking The Forced Sex Trade Cycle- Here’s How
India is home to over 900,000 sex workers, with rampant sex trafficking of minors. The laws that aim to prevent trafficking and sex work do little to protect sex workers
What This Pioneering High School For Transgender Students In Argentina Can Teach Us All
Mocha Celis graduating class in Buenos Aires, with creator Francisco Quiñones Cuartas at front ... [+] center. Mocha Celis How can educators, companies, and communities
Shaping Our Digital Public Spaces —And Why Democracy Depends On It
The impact of Big Tech on democracy has never been more apparent and regulators are starting to take heed. In the last few months, the European Union passed two of
As Housing Costs Soar, A Revolution In Affordable Homes
Homes of the future: 22 million Americans live in factory-built homes, an increasing number of them ... [+] energy-efficient with quality construction. Next Step Network America’s
How Strengthening Democracy Begins With Better Local News
Darryl Holliday City Bureau How can we make local news into invaluable civic infrastructure? News that’s really a public good? Darryl Holliday is a journalist, participatory-media
The Leading Edge: What Inuit Can Teach Us About Climate Monitoring And Adaptation
Joel Heath, creator of SIKU: The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network Arctic Eider Society How can we all get smarter about monitoring climate change in our communities?
In The Happiest Place On Earth, A Revolution In Mental Health Care
Mental health crises are making headlines across the world. And even pre-Covid, in 2017, the WHO recorded a 13 percent jump in mental health conditions and substance use disorders compared