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    Proposed Cuts Could Undermine Independent Disabled People

    Nonprofit Quarterly Jul 7, 2017

    As noted in earlier NPQ stories, the American Health Care Act, passed by the House in March 2017, proposes to cut federal Medicaid spending by more than $800 billion over…

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    Catholic Institutions Fighting Climate Change

    Arabella Advisors Jul 7, 2017

    IN HIS RECENT ENCYCLICAL, LAUDATO SI: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis states that climate change “represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.” He…

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    Advancing Equity by Bridging Cultural Divides

    Hispanics in Philanthropy Jul 7, 2017

    Chris Cardona recalls precisely where he was when he developed a passion for giving for the common good, becoming a “card-carrying philanthropoid,” as this Ford Foundation Program Officer now describes…

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    Innocence Is Different For African American Girls

    The Atlantic Monthly Group Jul 7, 2017

    A growing body of evidence has shown that the American education and criminal-justice systems dole out harsher and more frequent discipline to black youth compared with their non-black peers. But…

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    The refugee crisis is a test of our character

    TEDx Talks Jul 6, 2017

    Sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016. It’s not just a crisis; it’s a test of who we are and what we stand…

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    This Is How Airbnb Will House 100,000 Refugees In The Next Five Years

    Fast Company Jul 5, 2017

    Soon after Donald Trump issued the first iteration of his disputed ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim countries—a move critics said would adversely affect refugees from war-torn Syria—the founders…

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    Ending the Era of Mass Incarceration

    Arabella Advisors Jul 3, 2017

    California’s passage of Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, brought sweeping sentencing reforms for people convicted of nonviolent offenses and stands as a groundbreaking victory in the movement…

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    Can America’s Farms Survive the Threat of Deportations?

    The Atlantic Jun 30, 2017

    It was one in the morning in late March when Luis, a 43-year-old Mexican man, tiptoed across the floor in his socks. He had just been startled from sleep by…

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    The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap: Flipping the Lens

    Nonprofit Quarterly Jun 30, 2017

    Building Movement Project’s just-released leadership report, “Race to Lead: Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap,” highlights what many of us know: The nonprofit sector is experiencing a racial leadership gap. As…

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    US Leads Refugee Resettlement

    Migration and Policy Institute Jun 30, 2017

      As worldwide conditions become more complex and in constant change, the resettlement of international refugees continues to be of great intricacy and complications. Read more about refugee philanthropy on…

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    Raikes On Moving Beyond Color-Blindness

    Aspen Ideas Festival Jun 29, 2017

    From the time I was a kid growing up on a farm in Nebraska, I was taught not to notice or comment on racial difference – to be “color-blind.” Not…

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    A Historic Crisis Without a Historic Response

    Skoll Jun 29, 2017

    Every minute of the day, conflict and persecution forces 20 people from their homes. By the end of today, nearly 30,000 people will find themselves displaced. 2016 saw more people…

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