
Microlending, U.S.A.
America is waking up to the power of "micro." Twitter introduced us to microblogs. President Obama's campaign demonstrated...

GOOD has always been a huge supporter of Kiva; we covered them when they were just getting started. Four years later, Kiva has raised almost $100...

Popularized in the 1970s, the practice of microcredit-giving out small loans to borrowers to encourage entrepeneurship-has offered much-needed...

In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, microbanking is proving to be useful in unexpected ways. Haiti has a microlending bank called...

Crash course time, readers: microfinance.
It's granting tiny loans to people in poverty. These loans are almost always repaid and the idea is...

The bright future of small loans
Every few weeks, the women of Huoi Pung-a small village in the mountains of northern Vietnam-bundle and haul...

The architectural research and design team known as mammoth have put together the best "Best Architecture of the Decade" list I've seen. You'll...

This Tuesday, June 16, we're heading back to San Francisco to host a mixer at 111 Minna featuring (ri)1 cocktails, music by J Montag & Eug, our...

So, the U.S. military has recently introduced a new preemptive tactic in the war on terror: Giving cows to the widows of Iraqis we've killed....

How good can one brownie be? Greyston Bakery's brownies are delicious, sure, but they also help to alleviate poverty within the community of...

If you've let your subscription to Corporate Social Responsibility Magazine lapse, you may have missed their new list of "Best Corporate...

As tax day draws inexorably closer and closer, people become more and more focused on getting the most out of their returns. For those who have...

If you're looking to trick out your home with the greenest products on the market, you could do a lot worse than IceStone. Their countertops...

Here's an interesting chart purporting to show the "Best Jobs in America." Predictably, lots of jobs in information technology and medical...

In his 2010 TED talk, the branding expert Alan Siegel argues we have to simplify legal documents. Here's his proposal for a simplified credit card...

A graphic to help make sense of General Electric's size and scope.

The Tata Nano, the incredibly cheap car that might destroy the world if Indian people buy and drive it en masse, went on sale recently. How is it...

A $1 national increase in the price of gas results in a 10 percent decrease in national obesity rates.

Let's say you see a product on the shelf that says "natural," or "organic," or "biodegradable" on the label. Would you then believe that the...

MBA OK
Business school isn't just for Wall Street hopefuls anymore. That is, if Jill Kickul has anything to say about...