American Dreamers
15 Top Game-Changers Over 40
They're urban farmers, health care activists, school builders and volunteer counselors who're working to make the world a better place.
JFK's Peace Corps Prepares for 50th Birthday
To celebrate, the National Peace Corps Association is calling for videos that showcase its legacy.More from American Dreamers
Second Acts
Impact Investing for the Rest of Us
You don't have to be Bill Gates to make a difference as a social entrepreneur. Here's how Ron Cordes uses the financial empire he built to help others.
Second Acts
Best Second Act Making A Difference: Judith Broder
Day 6: The psychiatrist delayed retirement to launch the Soldiers Project, a nationwide network that aids traumatized veterans returning home.
Nonprofit
5 Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World
Meet the 2011 winners of the $100,000 Purpose Prizes.
Nonprofit
Purpose Prizes Honor Innovators
Civic Ventures awards its annual $100,000 prizes.
Tech
Steve Jobs Lauded Like Rock Star
Jobs, who died at 56, was more than an inventor or tycoon to generations of fans.
Career Change
MacArthur "Genius" Awards Honor 22 Game-Changers
A silversmith, an elderly-rights lawyer and a poet are among those who receive $500,000 to use any way they want.
Features
"Boom" Suggests a New World of Possibilities for Retirement
Architect Matthias Hollwich thinks existing retirement housing is too unimaginative for the boomer generation and is developing an avant-garde community near Palm Springs.
Philanthropy
Ten Innovators Nab Purpose Prizes
The stories of these sixtysomething social entrepreneurs show that a good idea makes all the difference.
Second Acts
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Former exec makes it his business to bring books to 5 million children ... and counting.
Giving Back
MacArthur "Genius Grants" Show Midlife's Creative Possibilities
American Dreamers
W.S. Merwin is a Poet-Provocateur for Our Times
Arts & Culture