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Topic: Social Issues

  
PHILANTHROPY   |  2 comments

The New Prophet of Nonprofits

BY Steven Pearlstein
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:36 PM

The right way to fund the battle against hunger, says activist Bill Shore, isn't just to redistribute wealth -- it's to create it.READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

What Would It Take to End Homelessness?

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

Rosanne Haggerty's Common Ground dares to ask a radical social question -- and then to create innovative economic solutions.READ»

CAMBRIDGE WHO   |  Comment

Los Angeles Emergency Shelter Helps the Homeless

BY Cambridge Who's Who
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 11:06 AM

Cambridge Who’s Who, the leading company for online exposure salutes Brenda Wilson for co-founding the New Image Emergency Shelter.READ»

Biofuels: no gain without pain
BIOFUELS   |  20 comments

Biofuel Subsidies: Good, Bad or Just Wrong?

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Oct 8, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Are biofuels an elitist mechanism that ultimately raises poverty and should be ended until a better solution can be conceived of? Or are rising food prices just a temporary set back, one that will be compensated for by future benefits?READ»

INTERNET + WEB   |  3 comments

Cyber Bullying: It's Not About Sticks and Stones

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jul 3, 2007 at 5:46 PM

A lot of things have transitioned into the cyber realm. People talk online, watch television online, shop online -- they even 'date' and have 'sex' online. A nationally-representative phone survey of 935 teenagers released last ...READ»

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ACTION CENTER TO END WORLD HUNGER   |  Comment

World Food Day: Mercycorps Unveils Action Center to End World Hunger

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 6:16 PM

Right now, more people are hungry than the populations of the US, Canada and the EU combined. In an attempt to combat world hunger, MercyCorps has opened the Action Center to End World Hunger in downtown Manhattan.READ»

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From Survival to " Thrival"

BY Rekha Balu
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:16 AM

Report from the FuturistREAD»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

The Wal-Mart of Food Banks

BY Fara Warner
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

How Michael Mulqueen is using smart logistics to deliver 42 million pounds of food to Chicago's inner-city poor.READ»

SALES AND MARKETING   |  Comment

The Happiness Factor

BY Tim Manners
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM

Today's most successful brands promise to help in our pursuit of happiness. But too often, marketers fail to understand what brings us joy.READ»

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ALLOY ACCESS   |  3 comments

Urban Lifestyle Demographic: Walking Through Colorblind Corridors With the '80s Babies

BY Tru Pettigrew
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 4:31 PM

If today's youth are truly a colorblind demographic, how does that influence the way brands should market to them?READ»

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BLOG   |  6 comments

Innovative Giving: Tyson Foods For Hunger Relief

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM

Tyson Foods donated 100 pounds of food for every comment left in response to its blog posts about hunger. The last entry to our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

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FOOD INSECURITY   |  1 comment

Food Insecurity Is Growing. What Can We Do?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM

While food production increases and more people are overweight, 17 million households don't have enough food to get by--up 3.5% since 2007.READ»

CAREER SUCCESS   |  Comment

Be Generous

BY Bud Bilanich
Relevancy Score: 98
Fri Oct 17, 2008 at 11:07 AM

Wednesday, October 15 2008 was Bog Action Day.  Bloggers from all over the world did posts on the subject of poverty.  I did one on the working poor.  I read many of the posts and found that several dealt with the idea of ...READ»

ADVERTISING   |  Comment

Does Ethnocentricity Sell? Part 2: Niche Media

BY April Joyner
Relevancy Score: 97
Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 11:27 AM

February and Black History Month are just about over, so, building upon my last post about Black History Month and advertising, I'd like to discuss the topic of ethnicity in niche media markets. Advertising tied to Black ...READ»

DALLAS BUSINESS ATTORNEY   |  Comment

Smart Immigration Reform Still Seems to be on Hold

BY Ty Gomez
Relevancy Score: 95
Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM

While the many meetings being held all over the U.S. dealing with immigration reform still seem to be producing positive feedback, there has still been no movement in Washington. READ»

BOB AND RICHELLE WARD   |  Comment

Newtown's F.A.I.T.H Food Pantry

BY Bob and Richelle Ward
Relevancy Score: 95
Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 6:22 AM

Prudential Connecticut Realty's Newtown Office located at 33 Church Hill Road is a collection point for the F.A.I.T.H. Food Pantry.  The F.A.I.T.H. Food Pantry has been in existence at the St. John's Episcopal Church at 5 ...READ»

SACRAMENTO BUSINESS LAWYER   |  Comment

Racial Discrimination California

BY Deborah Barron
Relevancy Score: 92
Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Racial discrimination has never been something that any nation is proud to proclaim exists within its borders. READ»

SALES AND MARKETING   |  Comment

End Marketing Apartheid Now

BY Tim Manners
Relevancy Score: 90
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM

The meteoric rise of Barack Obama juxtaposed with the viral infection of Michael Richards and Don Imus brings to mind the stereotypes that have long plagued the business of marketing. READ»

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ALLOY ACCESS   |  Comment

To Reach Multicultural Youth, Go Mobile

BY Tru Pettigrew
Relevancy Score: 86
Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM

It's no secret; multicultural consumers have always been trendsetters. The music, fashion, and lifestyle categories have always been synonymous with--and adopted--what emanates from “the streets." Yet, when it comes to influence in ...READ»

GENDER RELATIONS   |  Comment

A Change Will Do You Good

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 84
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

The guardians of big business are defending their fortress against an army of interlopers whose needs and opinions clash with tradition. Two new books examine what this intrusion means to corporate insiders -- and outsiders.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Dream Deferred

BY Anni Layne
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:36 AM

In advance of his RealTime Philadelphia keynote presentation, the elder son of America's greatest civil-rights leader offers provocative ideas on how to combine economic growth, digital innovation, and a commitment to social justice.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Dream Deferred

BY Anni Layne
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:43 AM

In advance of his RealTime Philadelphia keynote presentation, the elder son of America's greatest civil-rights leader offers provocative ideas on how to combine economic growth, digital innovation, and a commitment to social justice.READ»

AFFORDABLE HOUSING   |  Comment

New Affordable Housing Celebrated in Ottawa | Canadian Funding Corp

BY Canadian Funding Corporation
Relevancy Score: 80
Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 3:52 PM

Canadian Funding Corporation, CMHC and the Canadian Government share common goals: affordable housing.READ»

SUSTAINABILITY   |  11 comments

Sustainability: PETA vs. Al Gore

BY Danielle Sacks
Relevancy Score: 79
Thu Aug 30, 2007 at 10:41 AM

Animal rights groups are pissed. While environmental missionaries a la Al Gore have guilted the masses into trading in their Hummers for Hybrids and plastic bags for crunchy burlap sacs, they've left one critical piece out of their ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
BARACK OBAMA   |  Comment

Careers: Personal Branding and Barack Obama

BY Wendy Marx
Relevancy Score: 79
Thu Mar 20, 2008 at 8:44 AM

Once in a while politicians break through the noose that keep them on message and speak in a way that transcends the daily grind to hit fundamental truths. Senator Barack Obama did so yesterday, and in doing so, seized the moment. ...READ»

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