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Where's the Secretary of Poverty?

Jim Neal | Posted 09.30.2011

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Jim Neal

Poverty in America is the most corrosive of the wars we're losing but never mention. Poverty is not merely offensive to the human condition, it is also the enemy of economic and civil stability in America.

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Giving Thanks for Action

Bob McKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob McKinnon

When habitual distractions trump deliberate actions we focus on politics instead of policy, the selfish vs. the selfless, and the "urgent" vs. the important. We much change the action-distraction equation.

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The Case Foundation: Why Don't People Want To Give?

Posted 05.25.2011

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From The Case Foundation: Well, the easy answer is that it's hard to make people give because people don't really want to. The logic is simple and co...

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What the Service Movement Can Learn From Tehran

Nancy Lublin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nancy Lublin

In the age of Twitter and Facebook, do we need conferences to exchange best practices? Will we need organizations or will we simply have movements?

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