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Science Fiction and Social Fiction

Mark Moore | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Read More: Global Health, Malnutrition, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Muhammad Yunus, Social Change, Muhammad Yunus Social Fiction, Social Fiction, Social Progress, Impact News
Mark Moore

"We have science fiction, and science follows it. We imagine it, and it comes true. Yet we don't have social fiction, so nothing changes." When Muhammad Yunus made this statement at the recent Skoll World Forum, there was a sense that this was a quotation we'd see repeated for years.

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Zafen: Redefining "Interest" in the Changing World of Microfinance

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rev. Robert Maloney C.M., New Orleans, Daughters of Charity, Islam, Rotary International, Hands Together Cooperative, Chicago, DePaul University, Laura Hartman, Social Progress, Microfinance, Zafen, Microloan Interest, VentureWalk Business Partners, Haiti, Desiree H. Young, Jean-Claude Fleurantin, Abu Noor Abdul-Malik Ryan, Jim Luce, Haitian Entrepreneurs, Humanitarianism, Social Responsibility, Qard Hasanah, International Development, Hurricane Katrina, Daughters of Charity Ozanam School, Congregation of the Mission, Qur?An, World News
Jim Luce

Microfinance has taken a beating lately for shifting far afield from its humanitarian origins. It's become a good idea gone bad. But all is not lost.

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Leviticus Loses: The Inevitability of Equal Rights for Homosexuals

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Homosexuality, Human Rights, Social Justice, Same-Sex Equality, Gay Equality, Social Change, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, LGBT Equality, Social Progress, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion News
Rabbi Irwin Kula

It behooves us to remember that the only difference between human rights activists and traditionalists, relatively speaking to the centuries of injustice finally being ameliorated, is having realized something just a bit earlier.

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Homosexuality Redux: Can We Hear Each Other?

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Same-Sex Marriage, Human Rights, Social Progress, Gay Equality, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, LGBT Equality, Social Justice, Social Change, Homosexuality, Same-Sex Equality, Religion News
Rabbi Irwin Kula

I knew equality for LGBT evoked passionate conversation, but I would never have imagined that my last post would generate nearly 1200 comments.

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