Trust Magazine

Trust publishes articles on Pew’s areas of interest, our projects and the solutions they have found to address compelling issues. It also explains the lessons learned from our efforts, lists recent returns on investments and includes a commentary by the president, Rebecca Rimel. The magazine, launched in 1998, is written by professional journalists and Pew staff.

FEB 1, 2004

Trust Magazine, Winter 2004

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Notes from the President: Excellence (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

Experience has taught us at the Trusts that, by supporting innovative thinking and risk-taking, our talented partners will set—and achieve—goals that yesterday scarcely seemed possible.

The Sages and the Spirit (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

Religion has not, as secularists predicted, disappeared from human activity--it is stronger than ever. A number of universities are explaining why.

Audacious (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

Basic-scientist Rod MacKinnon wanted to visualize ion channels. Impossible, some said. Nice work, said the Nobel Committee.

In Search of (Business Plan) Excellence (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

Nonprofits are experimenting with business tools and concepts for profits. They can do it. A new initiative, providing a competition and consultants, can help.

Evaluation: Environmental Progress in the Electric Sector (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

Toward a cleaner electric sector.

Past Issues

Trust magazine recently covered the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production's final recommendations, the Government Performance Project's state report cards, the Pew Campaign for Responsible Mining's efforts to reform an 1872 law, and the extensive "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.

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