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This crowdfunding campaign lets you give capital to companies changing the world

Acumen’s #OneGreatIdea campaign gives donors a chance to help out inspiring entrepreneurs.

This crowdfunding campaign lets you give capital to companies changing the world

Betting On Investing That Has An Impact

Margo Alexander made her career making smart financial decisions. Now she’s taking that knowledge to the world of impact investing. But don’t tell her what she’s doing is “giving back.”

Betting On Investing That Has An Impact

Arianna Huffington On The Rise Of Empathy In America

The only way to bring the world out of the recession and onto a better track is for everyone to tap into a collective sense of responsibility toward each other.

Arianna Huffington On The Rise Of Empathy In America

Impact

They’re building a 15-minute city from scratch in the Utah desert

This Dutch construction innovation shows it’s possible to quickly retrofit every building

Coral reefs are dying, but there’s a tiny bit of good news about what happens when they’re gone

News

‘Don’t Look Up’ and ‘Search Party’ offer competing visions of end-times satire

‘Be afraid and wait for the worst’: What to know about the Ukraine cyberattack

Omicron is driving a wave of restaurant cancellations, but it’s not as stark as it was in 2020

Co.Design

The painful irony behind today’s suburban shopping malls

These glowing turntables by Brian Eno feel like the future of music

Why New York’s iconic Palace Theatre is being raised 30 feet off the ground

Work Life

You must stop protecting yourself from professional failure

The future of work is asynchronous

The joy, humility—and beauty—of a lifetime of new beginnings