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Democracy

  • Online Child Safety Laws Could Help or Hurt

    The Conversation Apr 5, 2024

    Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood. Adolescents face risks from testing out independence, navigating peer relationships,…

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  • Going Beyond Financial Reparations: Creating a Multiracial Democracy

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 4, 2024

    Comprehensive reparations are fundamental to realizing our highest democratic ideals.

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  • How Housing Policy Could Better Support Immigrant Children

    Urban Institute Apr 3, 2024

    Even before the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread in the US, many immigrant families were reluctant to access safety net programs, including housing assistance. Fears around the expansion of both the public charge…

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  • Gaps in Policies Sustaining Child Food Security

    Urban Institute Apr 3, 2024

    Many states exclude license-exempt home-based child care providers from the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which can leave millions of children in need vulnerable to increased food insecurity.

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  • The Policy Potential for Changing Maternal Health Outcomes

    Christensen Institute Apr 3, 2024

    Improving the world through disruptive innovation.

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  • Who Are Today’s Climate Activists? Dispelling Three Big Myths For Earth Month

    The Conversation Apr 2, 2024

    Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.

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  • Civics Instruction Needs to Be Revitalized

    The 74 Apr 1, 2024

    Finn: Civic ignorance is a silent killer, akin to high blood pressure: easy to ignore even as it hastens the onset of more serious maladies.

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  • Mental Health is Integral to Social Change

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 1, 2024

    Integrating positive mental health practices is the only way for social change leaders to maximize the incredible potential of their organizations and the communities they serve.

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  • There Are Differences Between Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

    Grist Mar 27, 2024

    Indigenous leaders worry when climate change treaties equate “Indigneous peoples” with “local communities” they will lose hard-won rights.

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  • How Film Can Highlight Social Justice Issues and Spur Change

    ARTS Blog Mar 27, 2024

    While many people go to the theater to relax and be entertained after a busy day, the moviegoers at The Nightlight Cinema go there not to get away from it…

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  • Democratizing Economic Power to Break the Cycle of American Inequality

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 26, 2024

    The US democracy crisis is not only a matter of voting; it is also a deeply economic crisis. The sharp and growing imbalance between the wealthy and the rest of…

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  • Mississippi’s Disenfranchisement System

    The Marshall Project Mar 25, 2024

    This guide offers details about the state’s disenfranchisement laws and how you may still be able to vote from jail, even with a conviction.

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