Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity The red flags and marching songs of Syriza during the Greek crisis, plus the expectation that the banks would be nationalised, revived briefly a 20th-century dream: the forced destruction of the market from above. For much of the 20th century this was how the left conceived the first stage of […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity In August, 2013, Heather Ruiz traveled through West Africa as a journalist for ADRA. After working in development for nine months, Ruiz moved to a village in the Western Sahara to find answers for her questions about responsible volunteering and empowering communities. The following article is her insight on constructive service: […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity India is used to violent interactions between its authorities and suspected criminals, so much so that we have a word for it: encounters. But even with this familiarity with encounters, the news on Tuesday was startling. Special Task Forces in Andhra Pradesh shot dead 20 woodcutters allegedly hired by smugglers […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity The open-hiring policy at Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, N.Y., invites local residents to apply for jobs — regardless of their immigration status, whether they have criminal or drug records, or even prior work experience. It’s all part of the company’s social-justice business model, based on the philosophy of Bernie Glassman, […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity Qatar has a terrible human rights record and often treats workers like slaves. But imprecise arguments and exaggerated numbers do not help. You must have heard the figures by now or seen the graphs. As the probe into corruption in football’s governing authority Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity If you’ve just had it with taking the subway, or sitting in an office, or just generally being around other people, you may be in luck. Slovakian firm Nice Architects has built an egg-shaped “Ecocapsule” that runs entirely on solar and wind energy, allowing its dweller(s) to live both literally, […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity It weighs no more than 300 grams, fits easily into a backpack and looks like any other plastic bag. But the simple device is a life-saver for people who have no access to clean drinking water. The bag, called Fieldtrate Lite, filters dirty water, such as river water, through a […]

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/responsiblecharity Rameshwar Natholi received an unexpected gift from the government recently when workmen descended on his modest home in this rural village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and built a brand-new toilet in his front yard. Natholi, a farmworker, said he never wanted one. Most people in his […]