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  • LA’s Troubled History with Urban Oil Drilling is Nearing an End After Years of Health Concerns

    The Conversation Feb 8, 2023

    The Los Angeles area has over 20,000 active, idle or abandoned oil wells. The city and county have voted to ban new ones after studies showed health problems in residents living nearby.

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  • As Climate Change and Overuse Shrink Lake Powell, the Emergent Landscape Poses New Challenges

    The Conversation Feb 8, 2023

    Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.

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  • Structural Racism in the United States

    Othering and Belonging Institute Feb 8, 2023

    In the United States, racial inequalities and disparities stem from policies and practices that perpetuate structural racialization. Structural racialization is a “set of practices, cultural norms, and institutional arrangements that…

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  • Atmospheric Rivers are Hitting the Arctic More Often, and Increasingly Melting its Sea Ice

    The Conversation Feb 7, 2023

    Atmospheric rivers can melt fragile new sea ice. When these storms arrive in waves, the sea ice doesn’t have a chance to recover.

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  • Five Ways Immigration Enhances a Country’s Culture

    Global Citizen Feb 7, 2023

    Countries, especially the United States, have long benefited from immigration and diversity. Here are just five reasons why immigration is a good thing. Immigrants Expand Culture by Introducing New Ideas…

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  • We Need to Shift the Burden of Addressing Employment Discrimination to Employers

    Democracy Journal Feb 7, 2023

    Over a half century after transformative civil rights laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination illegal, our nation is still grappling with its…

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  • Statewide Group Advocates for Young Black Students

    EdSource Feb 6, 2023

    Black students face increasing rates of depression and suicide. One group of young people in California is working hard to reverse that.

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  • Native Americans Have Experienced a Dramatic Decline in Life Expectancy

    The Conversation Feb 5, 2023

    Unrelenting poverty, underemployment and historical trauma all contribute to the health challenges faced by Indigenous Americans.

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    How Gender Differences Show Up (and Don’t) in CEP’s Grantee Perception Report

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Feb 5, 2023

    Philanthropy and foundations exist and work for change within systems pervaded with racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism, among other harmful “-isms.” In fact, some foundations have amassed their wealth precisely…

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  • Creating Conditions Which Allow Companies to Center Equity

    FSG Feb 4, 2023

    This is the seventh in a series of articles based on the guide to Centering Equity in Corporate Purpose published by FSG and the Shared Value Initiative in May 2022.

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  • Black Officers Are Not the Cure for Police Brutality

    The Marshall Project Feb 4, 2023

    A dialogue with Wilbert L. Cooper, a reporter from a family of Black officers, on why Black officers are no cure for police violence.

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  • Addressing Hate and Bias on College Campuses

    eJewish Philanthropy Feb 4, 2023

    New York City joined a disturbing national trend in 2022: the rise of antisemitic crimes. According to the New York Police Department, antisemitic crimes across the five boroughs jumped by 125% since last year.

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