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    Disaster News on TV and Social Media Can Trigger Post-traumatic Stress in Kids Thousands of Miles Away

    The Conversation Feb 8, 2022

    When disasters strike, the flood of images on TV and social media can have a powerful psychological impact on children – whether those children are physically in the line of…

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    The Fastest Population Growth in the West’s Wildland Fringes is in Ecosystems Most Vulnerable to Wildfires

    The Conversation Feb 8, 2022

    The view from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Southern California can be beautiful – pine forests and chaparral spill across an often rugged landscape. But as more people…

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    Barriers to Addressing the Needs of Americans Experiencing Homelessness

    Ending Homelessness Feb 7, 2022

    Testimony of Alliance CEO, Nan Roman, to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance) at the Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People…

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    How Single-family Zoning Drives Racial Exclusion [Video]

    The Othering and Belonging Institute

    Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the Institute’s recent groundbreaking research on the harmful effects of restrictive zoning in the San Francisco Bay Area in this panel organized by SPUR on…

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    Barriers to Serving Residents with Disabilities in Housing Programs

    Urban Institute Feb 7, 2022

    The nation’s affordable housing shortage affects millions of people with low wages, but for people with disabilities, finding quality housing they can afford is even harder. One in 4 adults in the…

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    Sexism Remains Pervasive in Male-dominated Trades

    The Hechinger Report

    Apprenticeships have been around nearly as long as work itself, but in recent years policy makers on both sides of the aisle have begun to embrace them as an alternative…

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    The Future of Mobility Must be More Inclusive

    Smart Cities Dive

    I grew up in Atlanta, commuting to and from school every day with my brother. Our drive was anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour, and arranging carpools with…

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    How to Reduce Investing’s Gender Gap: Try Talking About Ethics

    The Conversation Feb 6, 2022

    The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Women’s perception of unethical behavior among finance professionals may contribute to how underrepresented they are in…

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    Lessons in Community Garden Growth

    YES! Magazine Feb 6, 2022

    From 100 feet in th­­e air, the parcel at 500 N. Waller Ave. in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago looks like the center of a donut. Surrounded by two churches,…

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    Research Reveals Significant Impact of Gentrification on Minority Communities

    Futurity

    Minority communities disproportionately feel the negative effects of gentrification, a new study finds. Residents of these communities have fewer options of neighborhoods they can move to compared to their white…

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    How Philanthropy Can Help Drive Nature-based Solutions Forward

    Our Shared Seas Feb 5, 2022

    What are nature-based solutions? Are they different from green infrastructure? A handful of terms are used to describe the utilization of natural features, systems, and landscapes to solve many of…

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    How Nonprofits Will Survive The ‘Great Resignation’

    Forbes Feb 4, 2022

    It was the shot heard ‘round the nonprofit world. Over the holidays, the New York Times ran a piece (paywall) about the social sector’s inability to retain and hire talented staff — a consequence…

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