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Zoe Erler

Zoe Erler is a freelance writer living in Indianapolis, IN. She has contributed to a variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Indianapolis Star, The Washington Times, World Magazine, and PRISM.

Articles by Zoe Erler

Nourishing America

In a recently popular documentary, Rosie, a 5th-grader from a small town in Colorado, describes how she often goes to bed with an empty pit in her stomach. Sometimes the…
August 20, 2013

Free to Share

When SueAnne Bassett learned that she had stage four cervical cancer eight years ago, her doctors gave her a 20 percent chance that she would live five years, and that…
January 31, 2013

Peer Lending and the Problem of Credit

This article is reprinted with permission from The Philanthropic Enterprise and its Trends in Social Innovation project.  Eleven years ago, Bruno Rivas left Mexico City to make a better living…
October 15, 2012