Data That Matters April 2020

At the start of April 2020, US unemployment doubled to 6,600,000. In response to the Corona Crisis, about 400,000 users Continue reading →

Poor Use Extra Cash Wisely

Give poor people money and they tend to spend it well. 19 independent studies have agreed that giving extra cash Continue reading →

Ice Bucket Stunt Succeeds

Remember the summer of the ice bucket challenge? Lots of videos of creative people and celebrities dumping buckets of ice Continue reading →

Upgrading From Homeless To Tiny Homes

Tiny home advocates are already aware of the two main trends in the tiny home community: people buying or building Continue reading →

Giving The Poor Money

The poor are undercapitalized. So, rather than devising programs that apply systemic solutions to a demographic or regional population, maybe Continue reading →

Give The Money To The People

The recent disaster within the Red Cross’ disaster relief response is Haiti highlights a simple, yet, institutionally difficult issue: the Continue reading →

Pay It Forward Pizza

The Pay It Forward movement is unorganized, and subsequently more authentic. A fine example is a man who made “enough” Continue reading →