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Nurturing new frames on the economy

In the first post in this series, we laid out how Omidyar Network defines narrative change and how we’ve incorporated this important tool into our ...
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Maryland joins the fight to protect children online and adopts Kids Code

By Gus Rossi In a monumental victory for online safety advocates, Maryland has followed in California’s footsteps by adopting the Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC), ...
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Redefining rural resilience: Voices shaping a new economic narrative

By Thea Anderson We believe that the economy must work for everyone. But for too long, many people and communities have been overlooked and undervalued. ...
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Omidyar Network announces Brian Merchant as first technology journalist to join Reporters in Residence program

April 4, 2024 Washington, DC — Omidyar Network is proud to announce that Brian Merchant, esteemed writer, reporter, and author, will be joining its Reporters ...
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Omidyar Network purchases shares of Anthropic

Omidyar Network, alongside Ford Foundation and Nathan Cummings Foundation, recently purchased just under 50,000 shares of Anthropic stock that were made available for sale as ...
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How Omidyar Network has worked to shift beliefs about capitalism and our economy

By Alexis Krieg What is “narrative change”? For every ten people you ask, you’re likely to receive nine different answers. But talk about the concept ...
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Celebrating the Black diaspora, its power to inspire solidarity, and pathways to repair

By Fanta Condé and Vanessa Mason We come together with hearts that know hurt but souls that choose joy, testifying that we matter. — Melvina ...
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Omidyar Network launches new portfolio to seed a just economic transition

By Gretchen Phillips and London Swift In a span of less than 18 months, Congress passed four major pieces of legislation that invest more than ...
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How to shift private markets to better serve the public interest

Missed the first two blogs in this series? Read part one “How building coalitions can drive financial regulatory reforms” and part two “How investors can ...
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Reversing the lopsided bargain in our data ecosystem

By Liza Paudel, Omidyar Network and Christopher Wilson, Mydata Global With mobile payments; facial recognition in airports, public schools, and city streets; algorithms used in ...
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