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Philanthropy is increasingly embracing narrative change as a tool for building public and political will to advance equitable policies and structural change. Yet philanthropic narrative investments to advance racial justice…

The Leon Lowenstein Foundation (LLF) is a family foundation established in 1941 with a focus on health, education, and the environment. In 2019, the Leon Lowenstein Foundation (LLF) adopted a new focus area for our health grantmaking.

The past few years have fundamentally changed how many of us live and engage with our communities. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals, nonprofits, governments, and corporations gave in radical…

Nearly all historically redlined neighborhoods are subject to noise levels linked with hearing loss, according to a new study.

The latest CDC data shows a significant increase for women between the ages of 25 and 34. The number of suicides for men increased 2 percent.

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GlobalGiving Community Voices Fellow Sia Fred Towo says period poverty is not just a women’s issue. We need to address it as a society.

At any given time, 800 million women, girls, non-binary people, and transgender men around the world are menstruating. Yet, menstruation is still a taboo topic and one cloaked in many myths, especially…

Most Americans don’t know the risks “forever chemicals” pose, or even what they are, a new study shows.

A new book sheds light on why the COVID pandemic disproportionately affected non-white Americans.

A recent study finds strong links between residential segregation and disparities in early death rates from common causes.

Urban counties in North Carolina have higher overall incidences of breast cancer than rural counties, researchers find.