Funders do have a role within their community if they wish to support response to a mass shooting. They can manage one or more funds for victims or first responders,…
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Click here for more.As the U.S. inches closer to the midterm elections, threats to voting rights persist: The rise of rampant voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and disinformation further discourage and disenfranchise voters. Since…
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Click here for more.Voter turnout in the 2022 midterm election far exceeded expectations. That’s due in no small part to the work of organizations like Public Rights Project (PRP), a fiscally sponsored project…
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<p>This report, now in its third edition, synthesizes the available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, the gun industry, defensive gun use, and other outcomes.</p>…
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A report from a UN-backed panel of experts found that the hole in the ozone layer is on track to close completely within four decades.
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Social justice issues are intertwined with environmental issues. There is no just and equitable future for all unless everyone feels safe and welcome in traditional and nonformal educational settings. Educators…
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The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California while trying to learn from its missteps.
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While signing the hard-fought infrastructure bill into law, President Biden gave a speech that claimed a legislative accomplishment and staked a place in history. “Generations from now, people will look back and…
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Many cities and localities have mounted targeted efforts to promote education and career pathways for “opportunity youth.” Engaging these young people—ages 16 to 24, who are not in school and not…
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Alyssa Shaw’s job is to guide Seattle-area residents through what can be one of the most wrenching and complicated experiences of their lives: petitioning civil courts to temporarily take away…
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“We found that this particular stressor—restriction to abortion—affects women of a specific age in a specific cause of death, which is suicide.”…
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From Forward Promise: “The grind of movement work takes an extra toll on leaders of color. Through their lived experiences, they are well-acquainted with the same dehumanization and racial trauma that they are committed to eradicating from society.
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* https://forwardpromise.org/blog/seven-ways-philanthropy-can-invest-in-the-rest-and-healing-of-social-justice-leaders/