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Government

Governing Innovation

New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.

By Corey Binns | 1 | Winter 2012
 
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Nonprofit Management

Effective Partnerships

How local governments and nonprofits can work together for large-scale community change.

By Saphira M. Baker | Winter 2011
 
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Health

Government 2.0

Thanks to Todd Park, a federal agency has discovered that health care organizations can think more like nimble startups than like lumbering giants.

By Carleen Hawn | Fall 2011
 
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Government

Social Innovation in Washington, D.C.

A look at what’s needed next to create the right policy environment for innovation and results.

By Michele Jolin | 3 | Summer 2011
 
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Economic Development

Welfare Works Better than Bootstraps

In Britain, the social safety net allows people who fall into poverty to pull themselves out. Americans who become poor are more likely to stay that way.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Spring 2011
 
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Technology & Design

City Hall 2.0

Code for America enlists young tech talents in a year of service at city halls across the country.

By Suzie Boss | Spring 2011
 

Environment

Bring Polluters Back In

Research reveals why low-income minority neighborhoods are often the site of the worst environmental polluters.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2011
 
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Health

Employment Power

How a private-public-academic partnership is helping people with serious mental illnesses find and keep jobs.

By Laura Gehl | Winter 2011
 
SERVING COUNTRY
AND COMMUNITY:
Who Benefits from
National Service?
Peter Frumkin & Joann
Jastrzab

Government

Put the People to Work

SERVING COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY: Who Benefits from National Service? by Peter Frumkin & Joann Jastrzab

Reviewed By Chris Jarvis | 5 | Fall 2010
 

Government

Receiving Aid, Receiving Respect

How people experience government programs directly affects their levels of civic engagement.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2010