Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Technology can empower citizens to co-create some government services.

Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.

The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning

According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.

A European perspective on American civil society. A quick glance at the latest
thinking about not-for-profit management and philanthropy
reveals some profound differences between the ways American and
European practitioners look at today’s major societal challenges.

A recent study showed that online game communities provide access to social capital.

Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World by Tina Rosenberg

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell

Direct participation by African villagers proves that process matters, even when outcomes don't change.

The website Not In Our Town is combating prejudice by broadcasting anti-hate stories and campaigns.

Useful knowledge for the social sector coming from academic researchers is severely limited.

Afghan Institute of Learning Founder Sakena Yacoobi helps women and children through teacher training and health education.

There is a disturbing American presumption that it can develop other societies through the export of Americans overseas.

The discretionary spending bucket is the easiest place for conservatives and liberals to find a palliative for the nation's maxed-out deficit headache.

The anti-immigrant trend line is deeply damaging to social innovation, social justice, and civil society.

We need to shift the narrative to include the link between exceptional solutions and the systems change and scale needed to deliver a just baseline.

The Personal Democracy Forum revealed that 2011 is a watershed moment for work at the intersection of politics, government, and technology.

How are the UK and US addressing the third sector’s next challenges, and where they are failing?

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark tells us about how he started CraigConnects, chose areas to support, and selected nonprofits to focus on.