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Democracy

  • Dorchester Not For Sale Organizes for Development without Displacement

    Nonprofit Quarterly Oct 15, 2023

    In Boston, a multiracial, multicultural, multilingual community is organizing to preserve Dorchester as a neighborhood that provides affordable housing for all.

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  • High-quality Civics Education Can Help the Future of Democracy

    EdSurge Oct 15, 2023

    Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. Meanwhile, almost 40 percent of the …

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  • Enshrining Gender Equity in the Law

    United Nations Foundation Oct 14, 2023

    Imagine: you can’t leave the house without your spouse’s permission. You don’t get to decide what to wear in public, or whether and where you work. You are forced to marry…

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  • Abortion Bans Impact Both Medical Training and Maternal Health

    The Hechinger Report Oct 13, 2023

    Because of new restrictions on abortion, a generation of doctors will be ill-equipped to meet their patients’ needs due to insufficient gynecological training, experts warn. And across the country, maternal-care deserts will likely expand, as graduating medical students and residents avoid…

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  • The Impact of Abortion Laws on Indigenous Peoples’ Abortion Access

    The19th Oct 13, 2023

    Abortion was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it worse.

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  • Corporate Giants Will Have to Disclose All Their Emissions Under California’s New Climate Laws – That Will Have a Global Impact

    The Conversation Oct 13, 2023

    California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.

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  • The NYC Boss Up Program is a Cross-sector Success Story

    CityLimits Oct 12, 2023

    “Philanthropy can be a linchpin, capable of bringing together the public sector’s authority and agenda-setting power and the private sector’s financial resources and dynamism.”…

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  • How Canada Achieved Federally-funded Child Care

    The Hechinger Report Oct 12, 2023

    Women in leadership, strategic advocacy, helped pave the way for federally-funded child care in Canada…

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  • Exhibition Shows the Power of Art as Intersectional Feminist Activism

    Global Citizen Oct 12, 2023

    “Cheer up love!” “Give us a smile.” “Alright sexy?” If vomit just made its way up your throat, you’re not alone. Far from harmless banter, screaming at a woman from…

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  • Why You Should Be Concerned About Book Bans

    The 74 Oct 12, 2023

    On Jan. 10, the school board in McMinn County, Tennessee, voted 10-0 to remove Maus from the eighth-grade history curriculum. The book, a graphic novel by Jewish American cartoonist Art Spiegelman depicting the…

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  • Investing in Democracy: Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement

    Exponent Philanthropy Oct 11, 2023

    At PACE, we believe in the power, potential, and responsibility of people to come together to discuss and address the problems they see around them. As a diverse philanthropic network with…

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  • Housing Security Key for Foster Youth College Success

    The Hechinger Report Oct 11, 2023

    For many former foster care students, housing instability is a major impediment to completing a college degree.

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