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    A Startup Using Data to Sway Opinions – Without Spreading Lies

    Fast Company Oct 2, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katharine Schwab explains how tech startup Swayable is conducting research to figure out how to change minds, but only for causes they deem morally acceptable.  • How can…

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    Proposal to Deny Citizenship to Poor Immigrants

    Global Citizen Sep 30, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen explains that the Trump administration has proposed a rule to deny citizenship to poor immigrants who have used any public welfare benefits, which would threaten the bedrock…

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    How One Organization is Dramatically Reducing Pesticide Suicide Rates

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    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Leah Utyasheva explains how The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention works in rural African and Asian communities where pesticides are a common method of suicide.  • How…

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    The Global Commission on Adaptation: A New Force to Fight Climate Change

    Global Citizen Sep 26, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Megan Rowling reports that power-players Bill Gates, Ban Ki-moon, and Kristalina Georgieva will be leading the Global Commission on Adaptation working to bring stakeholders to the table to find climate…

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    Movement Makers Summit 2018 Empowers Social Activism

    Global Citizen Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Movement Makers Summit hosted by Global Citizen highlights activism and collective impact of people organizing together to build social movements.  • How has youth activism changed in…

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    Education Spending Does not Directly Correspond to Student Outcomes in Arizona

    Goldwater Institute Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jonathan Butcher argues that increasing education funding has not consistently provided outcome improvements for Arizona students because of the inconsistencies in the use of the funding.  •…

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    The Troubled Kansas Child Welfare Agency

    Governing Magazine Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine reports that a young girl in Kansas’ state custody was sexually assaulted inside a child welfare office. After this disturbing incident, Gina Meier-Hummel, Kansas Department…

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    Practical Ideas for Improving Equity and Inclusion at Nonprofits

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses how best to acknowledge privilege and power imbalances in our society, then gives us some steps to change things in a…

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    Public Policy Schools: Building Bridges or Reinforcing Silos?

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Matthew Sawh argues that public policy schools are reinforcing the bureaucratic silos of government, rather than building bridges across existing divides.  • Is the picture he paints accurate and…

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    Young People Take the Lead on the Global Goals

    United Nations Foundation Sep 21, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • With the rise of global challenges, young people are becoming more and more motivated to act on important issues and make a change. Here, the United Nations…

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    St. Louis’s Mow to Own Program Gives Vacant Lots New Life

    Nonprofit Quarterly Sep 21, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Marian Conway explains how the St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority is revitalizing and stabilizing vacated neighborhoods through programs like Mow to Own. • Can this model work…

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    Rolling Back Obama-Era Housing Policy

    Manhattan Institute Sep 16, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Howard Husock at the Manhattan Institute discusses news that HUD Secretary Ben Carson is rolling back the Obama-era housing policy aimed at enforcing anti-discrimination laws. Although this news may…

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