Research: The Volunteer Boom
Nonprofits will soon have more volunteers than they can handle.
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Reward Progress, Reduce Poverty
We must break the stereotype that low-income communities are unable to help themselves.
Millennials MoveOn
To propel young folks to the polls, a political organization mixed Web 2.0 tools with social science savvy.
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
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Research: Not Racing to Help
Racism may have played a role in the government's delayed response to Katrina.
What’s Next: Polling Power
A new Web site shows voters who like-minded peers, organizations, and opinion leaders support.
Research: Change Takes New Leaders
New leaders are initially given special license to shake things up.
Full Scale Ahead
To grow to full scale, serving 50,000 students a year, YouthBuild's federal funding must increase from $60 million to $125 million annually. Local programs will also need to raise $250 million annually from state and local education and criminal justice funds, and from private donors. How does YouthBuild plan to achieve this breakthrough and help five times as many people?
Romanticizing the Poor
Market solutions to poverty, which include services and products targeting consumers at the “bottom of the pyramid,” portray poor people as creative entrepreneurs and discerning consumers. Yet this rosy view of poverty-stricken people is not only wrong, but also harmful.
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