Abortion may be only the first domino to fall among rights that Americans enjoy, legal experts say. The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health marked the end…
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Buying Into Conspiracy Theories Can be Exciting – That’s What Makes them Dangerous
The Conversation Jul 7, 2022Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter…
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How Literature Can Help Us Understand and Respond to Climate Change
The Aspen Institute Jul 7, 2022Diane Cook is the author of the story collection Man V. Nature. She received a 2016 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and is a former producer for the radio show…
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The Supreme Court Has Curtailed EPA’s Power to Regulate Carbon Pollution – And Sent a Warning to Other Regulators
The Conversation Jul 6, 2022In a highly anticipated but not unexpected 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on June 30, 2022, that the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s…
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How Nonprofit Leaders Can Advocate for the AAPI Community
Forbes Jul 5, 2022For many years, our nation has recognized Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and more often than not, I’ve celebrated it the exact same way each year. Most times, I’ve…
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Democratic Responses to Increased AI Surveillance
National Endowment for Democracy Jul 5, 2022From cameras that identify the faces of passersby to algorithms that keep tabs on public sentiment online, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools are opening new frontiers in state surveillance around the world. Law…
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The Vital Role of States in Stopping Mass Shootings
RAND Corporation Jul 5, 2022Attacks like those in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, evoke a paradoxical mix of immediate disbelief and dread that yet another mass shooting feels inevitable. As the nation grapples…
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Raising the Earned Income Tax Credit for Workers Without Children
MDRC Jul 5, 2022The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides a refundable credit to low-wage workers at tax time, has become one of the nation’s most effective antipoverty policies. But most of…
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Examining Past and Present Ukrainian Immigration Into the US
Migration Policy Institute Jul 5, 2022Amid the huge internal and international displacement of millions of Ukrainians after their country was invaded by Russia in February 2022, the United States is extending protection to as many…
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Mark Modimola’s Art Supports Healing for Survivors of Multigenerational Trauma
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Jul 5, 2022The oldest art objects in the world — 100,000-year-old paint making kits — were discovered in a South African oceanside cave in 2012. As human population grew and expanded across…
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A History of the Relationship Between Nonprofits and Housing Segregation
HistPhil Jul 5, 2022I first encountered the puzzle that inspired my recent book, Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State, at a meeting I attended while working at The Boston…
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Building Social Media That Benefits Our Society
Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 4, 2022Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news…
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