The last year has spotlighted the frailty of many US institutions, as well as Americans’ lack of trust in them. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, voter suppression, and other issues…
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Click here for more.Hundreds of Anti-trans Bills Have Been Introduced in 2022: An Urgent Call to Invest in Trans Futures
Recent data show that only four cents of every $100 dollars of foundation funding goes to trans organizations and causes. Only four cents. This historic disinvestment in our communities comes…
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In a new study, anxiety was significantly lower among cancer patients who viewed art at their bedside. The daughter of an artist and former fashion designer, Emily Gore, a fourth-year…
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At the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, journalism educator and researcher Clay Carey of Samford University said one way journalists in academia can help the news business is case studies…
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Philanthropy is becoming part of the business model at many American newspapers, but not so much among rural weeklies and dailies. Rural philanthropy has always been something of an oxymoron,…
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Currently, patients in seven states can tell their physicians they don’t want to be treated with opioids in any health care setting, even during surgery. While unnecessary opioid exposure is…
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Perhaps it was the political events of 2020. Perhaps it was the racial events of 2020. Perhaps it was the global pandemic. Perhaps it was all of the above. Whatever…
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Last week was a big week for civic education in America, as the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Roadmap and Report was released. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and…
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Click here for more.Los Angeles – in addition to many other cities across the nation – has again intensified criminalization and forced displacement efforts over the past two years. With this increase, housing…
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In 2019, Michelle Man wrote about why democracy matters to all social purpose organizations. Right now, every cause and campaign is being undermined because large segments of the population aren’t being…
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More than two years into the COVID-19 era, the United States has seen more than 1 million people die of the virus, and a sharp recession and uneven recovery that…
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How do we balance the urgent need to fight against the hate that plagues our communities and the need to take the time and space to uplift and celebrate our…