Wendy Kopp

How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

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Julia Moulden

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

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Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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What Does the Future Look Like?

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Half the Sky, Social Entrepreneurship, Gidon Bromberg, The Giving Life, Nader Khateeb, Munqeth Mehyar, Bart Weetjens, Teach for All, Jenny Bowen, Skoll World Forum, Wendy Kopp, Future, Planning for the Future, The Future, Apopo, Ecopeace, Living News
Julia Moulden

A group of compassionate human beings met this week to talk not about history, but what's going on right this minute and what the future might just look like.

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Top 10 Reasons to Become a New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Paul Gillespie, Right to Play, Nicole Pageau, Melissa Dyrdahl, New Radicals, Suzanne Seggerman, Teach for America, Bring Light, Mark Brayne, Ron Dembo, Kids Internet Safety Alliance, Games for Change, Johann Koss, Julia Moulden, Zerofootprint, Wendy Kopp, Tony Leighton, Rwanda, Living News
Julia Moulden

[This is a refreshed repeat of one of Julia's most popular posts.] When I was writing my book about New Radicals (that is, people like you and me who...

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Larry Summers -- My Experience

Wendy Kopp | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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Wendy Kopp

I have seen Summers exert rare commitment both in supporting women and in addressing the issues facing economically disadvantaged communities.

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Top 10 Reasons to Become A New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Paul Gillespie, Nicole Pageau, Dart Center, Melissa Dyrdahl, New Radicals, Teach for America, Bring Light, Suzanne Seggerman, Mark Brayne, Ron Dembo, Kids Internet Safety Alliance, Games for Change, Nike, Guelph Civic League, Kevin Salwen, Wendy Kopp, Tony Leighton, Rwanda, Zerofootprint, Motto, Happiness, Business News
Julia Moulden

With all the turmoil in the markets, it seems time to write again about people who are doing good works in the financial sector.

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