A Monster List of Social Change Blogs

It is (almost) Halloween again, so it’s time for my annual Monster List. I’m posting early this year because I’m gearing up for the Independent Sector conference at the end of this month.  While past Monster Lists have focused on social change books, or conferences, or tools (you can also see lists from 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011), today’s list is about social change blogs (and online sites and social streams).

There are some incredible ones out there. Some have phenomenal long-form thought pieces, some have a really unique perspective, some are really cantankerous (I love that!), and some aren’t even blogs, but rather online aggregators or forums. Some post daily and some only post once a month or once a quarter.

But what they all have in common is that they will really make you think.

As with all of my Monster Lists, not everything on the list is directly related to social change. Rather, everything on the list has something to offer social change leaders, whether that was the creator’s original intent or not. I firmly believe that we have to get outside our normal walls and normal haunts in order to be inspired, find new solutions, and see things differently. I regularly check the places on this list because I think they have something unique and important to say. And they each help to move my own thinking and writing forward.

But I know there are many more places out there, so please add your favorites to the list in the comments.

• Beth’s Blog
• Blue Avocado
• Brain Pickings
• The Center for Effective Philanthropy Blog
• Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Cynthia Gibson’s aggregated article lists (@cingib)
• The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Pulse Blog
• Forbes Philanthropy
• Full Contact Philanthropy
• HistPhil
• Inside Philanthropy
• Markets for Good
• National Council of Nonprofit’s Opinion
• NiemanLab
• Nonprofit Quarterly
• Nonprofit Tech for Good
• Nonprofits Assistance Fund
• Nonprofit With Balls
• NPR History Dept
• Pew Research Center
• Philanthropy 2173
• PhilanTopic
• Social Currency Blog
• Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Steven Pressfield Online
• White Courtesy Telephone 
• Work In Progress: The Hewlett Foundation Blog

Photo Credit: Fred Gwynne and Yvonne DeCarlo in The Munsters 1964 by CBS Television