Kyiv-based gender expert Olena Zaitseva is working with the Ukrainian Governance Project and activists to prevent and respond to gender-based violence against Ukrainian women, focusing on fighting sexual exploitation, which…
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When Winter Storm Uri hit Texas in February 2021, bringing single-digit temperatures and sheets of snow to Dallas, Susana Edith and a group of volunteers distributed lentil soup and winter…
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Inflation dominated news headlines and American psyches in 2022. Overall, consumer prices jumped an average 7.1 percent this year, with the cost of just about everything going up, from cars…
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Reliable access to food—or lack thereof—can affect an individual’s decision to migrate. Climate change has the ability to exacerbate food insecurity, especially for farmers and others who live off the…
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The western United States is beginning to come to grips with the potential magnitude of the wildfire crisis. Increases in forest wildfire size, severity, and elevation have been linked to a…
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Click here for more.The National Alliance to End Homelessness supports the new Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, released recently by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. The Alliance believes that…
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Click here for more.December is usually a time for holiday gatherings, last minute gift shopping, and lots of delicious comfort food. In our field, December also marks a somber occasion: the annual National Homeless…
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Click here for more.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress (Part 1). The report shows that homelessness increased by 0.3 percent…
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These days, the presence of cooperatives across the United States is nearly universal. The largest sector is financial cooperatives, better known as credit unions. As of September 30, 2021, the…
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Click here for more.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced the United States is experiencing another wave of respiratory illnesses, with flu hospitalizations reaching their highest level in a decade,…
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Click here for more.A total of 582,462 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2022, just a 0.3% increase since the last count in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of…
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Oftentimes, leaders think about companies like The Walt Disney Company when they hear the terms “creativity” or “imagination.” Certainly, it’s well merited as the company was founded on the belief…