In an era of unprecedented connectivity, impact investing may be the new venture capital. Like never before, individuals, companies, and crowds are able to leverage private capital and entrepreneurial focus to do good and address challenges in education, e ...
Tech_605x400.jpg Anonymous's blog One of New York’s literary lions, Leon Wieseltier, has written a cry of despair over the impact of technology, of data and quantification and the other components of our digitalized society, on society itself and the ...
From fake iPhones to phony Chateau Petrus, international criminal organizations are increasingly turning to counterfeiting on an industrial scale to fund their illicit activities. With high profits and a low risk of significant legal consequences, the thri ...
Although Chicago boasts a vibrant nonprofit sector and a large donor community, the city still struggles to meet the needs of many of its most vulnerable communities. On pressing social issues such as healthcare, homelessness, and education, many nonprofit ...
Written in 1960s Moscow, The Passenger is a powerful opera that explores the experience of the Holocaust from the perspectives of both the perpetrator and the victim. Long suppressed by the Russian regime, the opera first made its worldwide debut in 2010. ...
The United States opening to Cuba in December 2014 was a historic breakthrough in US-Cuba relations. In the short term, the restoration of diplomatic ties has involved prisoner exchanges, a relaxation of some economic sanctions, and an upgrade of interest ...
At the intersection of simultaneous revolutions in digital design, connectivity, and cloud computing is a far reaching technology opening up new possibilities. From healthcare and manufacturing to personal creativity and design, 3D printing is increasingl ...
According to Helene Gayle, we now have many of the necessary tools to solve pressing challenges facing communities around the world. The question, however, is whether we have the will to act as a global community. Empowering women, leveraging multi-sector ...
The Chicago Forum on Global Cities will also live stream this program: Global cities engage globally through partnerships, exchanges, and agreements led by businesses, cultural and educational institutions, and civic leadership. But how can global cities c ...
Indiana blog photo.jpg Anonymous's blog What ails the state legislatures of the Midwest, anyway? Do they take a joint oath to spend their time in office destroying the economies and good names of their states? Or do they just act that way? The questi ...
