As the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) evolve, they push the boundaries of human understanding. Instead of transparent, explainable mechanisms, many AI applications are “black boxes,” ...

One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was on fire. Oregon had declared a statewide wildfire state of emergency ...

Collective impact tends to generate strong reactions. Mention it, and the person across from you will likely either extol its virtues or roll their eyes. Introduced in a 2011 SSIR article, the ...

According to the United States Mission to the African Union, the US alone has invested more than $100 billion in African health over the last 20 years. Despite the billions that international donors ...

Imagine spending your workday stressed out about which restroom facility to use and when, either because you fear harassment or because you just don’t feel comfortable in a bathroom that doesn’t match ...

The experimental study of campaign effects began approximately a century ago when Harold Gosnell, a pioneering political scientist at the University of Chicago, conducted controlled experiments to ...

A few weeks ago, the board chair of a great social enterprise called me in distress. A collaboration he had nurtured was in disarray. He’d gotten ahold of an email that called the executive director ...

A mob of supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. Members of both political parties and commentators blamed Trump for the ...

When it comes to charitable giving, Pakistan is a generous country. It contributes more than one percent of its GDP to charity, which pushes it into the ranks of far wealthier countries like the ...

An old Sicilian proverb says that a fish rots from its head. A nonprofit organization, similarly, rots from its mission. Nonprofits are, by definition, mission driven. The leaders of a corporation can ...

In Japan, manufacturing facilities use “green curtains”—living panels of climbing plants—to clean the air, provide vegetables for company cafeterias, and reduce energy use for cooling. A ...

Civil society is a distinctly American preoccupation. That is not, of course, because voluntarism, mediating social institutions, or a robust charitable sector are somehow unique to our country. All ...