The Future of Housing Is Now. What Sustainable Homes Look Like
Every time your air conditioner or furnace rumbles on, greenhouses gases spew into the air. All those volts —about 10,900 kilowatt-hours per person […]
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Overcoming a Difficult Childhood, This Former Marine Is on a Mission to Help Others
After growing up near Chicago and bouncing around five different group homes and 13 foster families, Tina Thomas found the […]
From Homelessness to Stanford: How This Hardworking Student Overcame All Odds
Tiara Gaillard is only 17-years-old, but the young woman from Kalamazoo, Michigan has been through her fair share of struggles. As […]
Why Do We Celebrate Mother’s Day? 9 Heartwarming Reminders
1. The Military Mom Helping Veterans Make a Transition to Civilian Life WHO: Eva Secchiari HOW SHE DOES IT: After growing up […]
Can Writing Poetry Help Set Incarcerated Youth on the Right Track?
“You don’t understand what it’s like.” “You never listen to me.” Most teenagers make these over-the-top complaints to adults at […]
Meet the ‘Million-Dollar Scholar’ Who Wants to Help Other Disadvantaged Kids Pay for College
A year after Chicago native Derrius Quarles’ father was murdered, social services took the five-year-old and his brother from his […]
This Hero Wanted to Do More Than Alleviate Homelessness. He’s Preventing It.
Attorney Evan Hull has witnessed how homelessness can tear families apart. As board vice president of Vancouver’s Open House Ministries, […]
Impact Next: An interview with Amazon Web Services’ Maggie Carter
Out inaugural Impact Next interview with Maggie Carter, Director of Social Impact at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Delayed Childbearing and its Implications for Older Working Parents
Key Takeaways In addition to deciding whether to have children, choosing when to have them is a critical decision with […]
ESG Next: An Interview With Pivotal Ventures’ Renee Wittemyer
Maryanne Hancock, CEO of Y Analytics discusses the importance of centering rigor in impact investing, ESG’s “Fearless Girl” moment, and the surprising lessons that impact leaders can learn from an economist and a can of beans.