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    American Law Enforcement Searches Thousands of Phones Daily

    Upturn Jan 31, 2021

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Logan Koepke et al. describe how tools used American law enforcement agencies can provide extensive and invasive insights into private citizens’ lives, and suggest recommendations to…

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    Reasons for Optimism In 2021 for Global Development

    Brookings Jan 30, 2021

    Notwithstanding what a bad year 2020 was, when people said they “couldn’t wait for 2021,” I was skeptical. Why did they think that circumstances would change on December 31, 2020,…

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    The Problem of Unregulated Fishing

    Brookings Jan 30, 2021

    Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become more recognized as a national security concern. Fishing, a $401 billion global industry, provides 20% of the protein intake for…

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    The Importance of Prioritizing Women and Girls in COVID-19 Recovery

    Brookings Jan 29, 2021

    While COVID-19 has and continues to have devastating impacts on every sphere of life across communities around the globe, women and girls have been particularly affected. Indeed, in Africa, women and…

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    COVID-19 Lockdown Proves Challenging for LGBTQ Indians

    Al Jazeera

    Many in India’s LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning) community are hiding their real selves as they remain stuck with their families for months during the coronavirus…

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    What Racial Equity Looks Like in Homelessness Work

    Ending Homelessness Jan 29, 2021

    Racism is fundamental to the United States’ inception: our founding as a nation and economy depended on it. Chattel slavery and the genocide of Indigenous people supplied the labor and…

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    As Student Debt Increases, So Does the Racial Wealth Gap

    Aspen Institute Jan 29, 2021

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Raquan Wedderburn & Karen Biddle Andres outline trends in American student debt, and highlight the relationship between generational wealth and widening racial divides in debt burdens.…

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    How Philanthropy Can Invest in Reproductive Justice

    NCRP Jan 29, 2021

    In early 2020, NCRP began exploring philanthropy’s investment in the reproductive justice movement and those providing services on the frontlines. A new year and a new presidential administration might signal…

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    Improving Community Mental Health Practices

    India Development Review Jan 28, 2021

    The history of mental healthcare is closely intertwined with human rights violations, incarceration, and a lack of patient-centred approaches. A ‘community-centric’ approach has often been offered as an alternative to…

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    How Omitting Salaries On Job Advertisements Perpetuates Inequity

    NPC Jan 28, 2021

    The charity sector has a diversity issue and it is undermining our impact. The moral case for greater diversity, equity and inclusion in our sector is clear. It is part…

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    State Criminal Justice Reforms from 2020

    The Sentencing Project Jan 27, 2021

    The United States is the world leader in incarceration and keeps nearly 7 million persons under correctional control. More than 2 million are in prison or jail, and 4.6 million…

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    In Fighting Modern Slavery, Freedom is Only the First Step

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jan 27, 2021

    Organizations working to end human trafficking and modern slavery frequently throw around the word “freedom” in our theories of change, and we measure our impact based on how many individuals…

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