Category Archives: Social Issues

Social impact venture capital firms have seen an increase in support since the economic downturn, and more and more entrepreneurs are wanting to build self-sustaining social ventures than ever before.  Exciting times are ahead…read this guide to creating a new … Continue reading →

MANY urban Americans idealize “green living” and “slow food.” But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is not to be found on organic farms in the United States, but in Afghanistan. A majority of its … Continue reading →

The Core club.  This private, members-only club on East 55th Street was created six years ago to serve as place where, The New York Times reported before it opened in 2005, a geographically and socially diverse set of wealthy people might “gather … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — There was a collective rolling of the eyes and a distinct sense of “Here we go again” among the women of the House of Representatives last week when yet another male politician, Representative Anthony D. Weiner, confessed his “terrible … Continue reading →