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So Just How Does Crowdfunding Really Work?

Geri Stengel | Posted 10.06.2012 | Impact
Read More: John Hecklinger, Acumen Fund, Ashoka, Crowdfunding, Dell, Nike, Lilly, Three Cups of Tea, Globalgiving, Idex, And Discovery, Central Asia Institute, Impact News
Geri Stengel

A lot of good is being done around the world and lots of people want to support those good works. But it's hard to expose grassroots organizations to ...

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Queer Women Like Me, Er, Her

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 09.02.2012 | Impact
Read More: Idex, Millenials, Social Entrepreneurship, Ionpoverty, Coming Out, Coming Out Queer, Queer, Coming Out Gay, Coming Out Lesbian, Online Community Coming Out, Online Communities, Video, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

Rajasvini "Vini" Bhansali, the super-charged, super-smart CEO of the International Development Exchange, recently talked with me on camera about community and coming out as a 19-year-old "queer woman like me."

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Bigger Than Blackwater: Arming the U.A.E.

Hannah Gurman | Posted 08.20.2011 | World
Read More: Middle East Arms Race, Arms Race, Blackwater, United Arab Emirates, Uae, Blackwater Investigation, UAE UDF, Erik Prince, UAE Arms, Idex, UAE Defense, Erik Prince Blackwater, UAE Army, Foreign Policy, Blackwater Erik Prince, World News
Hannah Gurman

In this broader context of the U.S. willingness to provide arms for Gulf allies, direct contracts between the defense industry and the U.A.E. appear to be a win-win situation for everyone -- except the critics of the U.A.E. regime.

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Reading the Pictures: David Cameron--Escorting Arms Dealers to Huge Mid-East Defense Expo--Drops By Tahrir Square

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Arms Sales, Idex, Bagnewsnotes, David Cameron, Middle East, Tahrir Square, World News
Michael Shaw

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Grassroots Grow Anti-Starvation Gardens

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Hunger, Opportunity Collaboration, Value of Nothing, Food Security, Biowatch, Idex, South Africa, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

A small community garden, situated in a remote rural backwater, is breaking new ground towards sustainable, organic, healthy food production.

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