In 2011, Kentucky-based social entrepreneur Stacey Epperson set out to address the shortage of safe, affordable housing, a problem she knew well from her upbringing in rural Appalachia. “I looked
When the pandemic hit in India, many of the country’s policies around vaccine roll-outs, online education and welfare services assumed universal Internet access and literacy. Yet, only 60 percent of
When the Syrian uprising started nearly 10 years ago, videos taken by citizens of attacks against them such as chemical and barrel bomb strikes started appearing on social media. While
Paula Daniels, Center for Good Food Purchasing Co-Founder and Chief of What's Next Center for Good Food Purchasing The U.S. spends $1 trillion on food
Social entrepreneur-led initiatives like SOS Mata Atlantica's Forest Research Center in Brazil are ... [+] showing a way forward. © Alexandre Pottes Macedo The advent
Leticia (left) is one of many ASAP members who is working to improve the U.S. asylum system. She ... [+] lives in New York City and Indigenous
Kayaker Veiga Grétarsdóttir inspects an aquaculture farm in Iceland's West Fjords. Aquaculture ... [+] practices threaten the wild salmon, says North Atlantic Salmon Fund. Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
FABSCRAP has a textile warehouse in Brooklyn and will open a second in Philadelphia next month. FABSCRAP The fashion industry contributes 10% of global carbon
Albert Fox Cahn, founder of Surveillance Technology Oversight Project S.T.O.P. NFTs—roughly described as digital collectibles—are climbing in value. Albert Fox Cahn is a technologist, social
Have you played a game lately? Playworks founder Jill Vialet catching a game of Roshambo (rock, ... [+] paper, scissors) at recess, and getting crushed (rock crushes
Sixto Cancel (speaking) works to bring the voice and agency of young people in foster care to those ... [+] making policy decisions about their care and
DeVone Boggan Advance Peace What do effective approaches to public safety look like? And who takes the lead—Communities? Police? Both? For perspective, Ashoka’s Simon Stumpf sat
With single parent, same-sex and platonic co-parent households on the rise, it’s clear that the nuclear family is undergoing a rapid transformation. A kaleidoscope of new family structures is emerging,
Recent years have seen far more visibility for Trans* people in media & politics in many parts of the world. But as we know from changemakers working in this area,
HPC founder Tim Lampkin at the site of the future regional community wealth hub, set to open in June ... [+] 2023 in historic