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    Comparing State Housing Markets through Customizable Data Visualization

    Urban Institute Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Aravind Boddupalli and Erin Huffer argue that looking only at national housing trends can mask differences across states. They have created an interactive data tool that will help…

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    Vancouver Bans Foam Food Containers

    TreeHugger Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Katherine Martinko at TreeHugger, the city of Vancouver will implement a ban on foam food containers in the coming year, with future goals to reduce…

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    How An Ecological Paradigm Can Advance Systems Change

    Alliance Magazine Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Kiley Arroyo takes a look at how different disciplines are adopting an ecological paradigm to advance transformative justice and influence positive change in living systems.  ·…

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    Americans’ Attitudes and Experiences with Privacy Policies and Laws

    Pew Research Center Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · After reviewing recent surveys, Pew Research Center zeroes in on the problem Americans have with understanding privacy policies and laws and how personal data is used by…

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    What Can Businesses Do if Globalization Unravels?

    IMD Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for IMD, Professor Stéphane J. G. Girod discusses the potential effects of globalization unravelling and what business leaders can do when faced with this challenge. ·…

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    City Returns a Stolen Native American Island

    City Lab Nov 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Holder recounts how the Native American Wiyot tribe was driven from the Duluwat Island in 1860 and after decades of lobbying finally got it returned. • How…

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    City Diplomacy Has Been on the Rise

    RAND Corporation Nov 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Rafiq Dossani and Sohaela Amiri discuss the benefits of city diplomacy handling an increased amount of international relations. • What are the pros and cons of city diplomacy?…

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    New Study on the EITC and Work

    Vox Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Although the Earned Income Tax Credit was established to promote work in low-income communities, a new study from a Princeton economist finds that it may not…

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    The First Effort to Regulate AI Was a Spectacular Failure

    Fast Company Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Albert Fox Cahn reports on his participation in New York City’s process to understand how automated decision systems are impacting citizens, however, he writes that the…

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    How Los Angeles Plans to Get Hundreds of Thousands of People Out of Cars

    Fast Company Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Adele Peters at Fast Company reports on Los Angeles’ new road map to drastically cut transportation emissions by 2028 through using alternative methods.  • How can we…

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    Building Resilience of the Urban Poor

    IssueLab Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · This report of the ‘Building Resilience of the Urban Poor’ initiative provides an unbiased evaluation of the project’s opportunities, success, and failures. · What success have come…

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    Evaluating Different Types of Smoking and Their Risks

    The Conversation Nov 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Recent news of a mysterious lung disease related to vaping has many concerned around the country. Here, Allison Kurti takes a look at the different types of…

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