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Going Public as a B Corp, Investing in Better Data, Embracing Rapid Rehousing – Social Impact Across the U.S. method

Apr. 21, 2015 11:04 am

Going Public as a B Corp, Investing in Better Data, Embracing Rapid Rehousing – Social Impact Across the U.S.

Online craft bazaar Etsy went public last week on the Nasdaq stock market, making it only the second for-profit company with a B Corporation certification to do so. A report by the New York Times states that the public offering is a kind of “experiment in corporate governance, a test of whether Wall Street will embrace […]
Using Social Media to Police Restaurants in SF and NYC, Opening up Sidewalks for Gardening in LA, New Rules on Fracking from the White House – Social Impact Across the U.S. people

Mar. 24, 2015 8:30 am

Using Social Media to Police Restaurants in SF and NYC, Opening up Sidewalks for Gardening in LA, New Rules on Fracking from the White House – Social Impact Across the U.S.

This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: Pew Charitable Trust’s Stateline examines how some cities are using social media to better police restaurants’ health and safety. San Francisco’s health department has logged onto Yelp to list health scores next to customers reviews, and New York City is using a data-mining software to scan Yelp […]
Social Impact Across the US: Steady Gains on Gay Marriage, Major Loss for Renewable Energy purpose

Feb. 10, 2015 11:06 am

Social Impact Across the US: Steady Gains on Gay Marriage, Major Loss for Renewable Energy

This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: Some Alabama counties are now providing marriage licences to same-sex couples despite resistance from the state Supreme Court. The New York Times reports on the messy but hopeful progress being made in the Bible Belt state. The Nonprofit Quarterly breaks down what nonprofits should know about the proposed […]
Social Impact Across the U.S. people

Jan. 27, 2015 12:43 pm

Social Impact Across the U.S.

This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: In states that opted out of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, African Americans are disproportionately falling into a “coverage gap,” Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts, reports. As for Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf has vowed to transition former Governor Tom Corbett’s Healthy Pennsylvania plan […]