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    UN’s Champion of the Earth Award

    Global Citizen Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take:  • Joe McCarthy, writing for Global Citizen, lists seven activists that won the UN’s Champions of the Earth Award for their work in creating sustainability initiatives that help protect…

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    Migrant Children Off Radar, Feds Insist They Are OK

    Fox 61 Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The U.S. Health and Human Services Department still cannot locate approximately 1,500 migrant children after placing them in sponsor homes. • While the government denies that this…

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    Gender Equality: What Sweden Can Teach America

    TIME Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The author of this TIME article takes a trip to Sweden to see how they handle gender equality: While things aren’t perfect, the country seems to…

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    Racial Disparities in Mental Health Treatment Among Youth

    Healio Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This Healio post examines a Journal of Adolescent Health study that revealed how college students of color have more unmet mental health needs than their white…

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    Medicaid Expansion Linked to Increased Birth Control Access

    Health Day Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A study suggests that Medicaid expansion has been linked to increased access to birth control for low-income women.  • Should Medicaid expansion be adopted by additional…

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    Understanding the History and Modern Implications of Book Burning

    Smithsonian Magazine Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Lorraine Boissoneault shares the historical and modern importance of book burning and information control by those in power to quash potential challenges to their rule.  • How…

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    Survey: 1 in 3 Students Report Being Bullied

    Education Dive Sep 28, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A third of students reported being bullied in the 2017-18 school year in a YouthTruth Student Survey. White students and students of color reported different levels of bullying and different…

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    Human Traffickers Are Advertising Openly on Facebook

    Global Citizen Sep 27, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Human traffickers are targeting individuals by pretending to be travel agents on Facebook, but are then packing people into boats across the Mediterranean.  • Theresa May proposes that…

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    Yes, There Is a Doomsday Machine: How Can We Dismantle It?

    80,000 Hours Sep 27, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this 80,000 Hours podcast, Daniel Ellsberg — leaker of the Pentagon Papers and author of a new book called The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear…

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    What Grassroots Activism Actually Means in Philanthropy

    Medium Sep 27, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development’s Anne Price describes the complex, but important work that must be done in the field of…

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    Why America Is Becoming Less Livable

    Global Citizen Sep 27, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on the latest Social Progress Index, a report from the Social Progress Imperative, which shows that the U.S. is the only wealthy nation that…

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    Improved Racial Equity Could Boost St. Louis Economy and Voter Turnout

    St. Louis Public Radio Sep 27, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Changing States-Building Power on the Frontlines: Missouri highlights the ways that racial equity benefits the community, including economic growth and increased participation in democracy.  • How can…

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