Welcome to the online home of Ryan Blitstein, Chief Strategy Officer of The SGE Fund. Before entering the social sector, Ryan spent a decade as an award-winning investigative reporter for TIME, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and dozens of other publications around the world. This site serves as an archive of his work as a [...]
Oct 30th, 2009
How a scrappy ex-farmer from Nebraska built a TV channel for rural America.
Oct 4th, 2009
Luther College professor Loren Toussaint believes the simple act of forgiving just might save your life.
Jul 27th, 2009
Ron Huberman has run Chicago’s 911 center, city hall, and transit agency-all before his 38th birthday. His next mission: fixing the schools.
Jun 18th, 2009
Does the stress of living in a white-dominated society make blacks get sick and die young? Apparently, yes.
Jun 4th, 2009
Patricia Woertz tried to turn the agricultural giant into a bioenergy company. It hasn’t panned out. What now?
Mar 10th, 2009
A Salon.com article on the difficulty of making and maintaining friendships in a peripatetic, digital-oriented world.