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    Homelessness, Victimization, and Criminalization

    National Alliance to End Homelessness Jul 11, 2022

    To achieve public safety, social justice, and an equitable society, we must disentangle issues of crime from issues of homelessness. Preventing crime, detecting and apprehending those who commit it, and…

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  • How Expanded Subsidies for Early Childhood Education Might Work

    Brookings Jul 10, 2022

    As Congress considers the future of child-care policy in the U.S., subsidies for young children’s care and education are an important tool under consideration. Substantial evidence indicates that high-quality early care and education…

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  • Evaporative Water Loss Research Comes to the Forefront

    Futurity Jul 10, 2022

    A new dataset quantifies trends of evaporative water loss from 1.4 million global lakes and artificial reservoirs. A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up…

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  • DEI Work in Healthcare Innovation for the Future

    RAND Corporation Jul 10, 2022

    While innovations have contributed to the doubling of human life expectancy over the past century, there are significant disparities between countries. Populations in higher-income countries such as Spain, Switzerland, Italy…

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  • Fighting Abortion Misinformation

    The RAND Corporation Jul 9, 2022

    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization eliminating the constitutional right to abortion immediately created a chaotic information environment for patients and providers. Very quickly,…

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    Getting Started: Practices for Board Diversity

    BoardSource Jul 9, 2022

    Leading with Intent: National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices reveals some troubling information about the diversity of today’s nonprofit boards: We’re making little progress in diversifying our boards, are dissatisfied with…

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  • What Does Self-care Mean in the Context of Nonprofit Work?

    Blue Avocado Jul 9, 2022

    Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover.…

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  • Does Generation Z Feel Supported By Philanthropy and Government Entities

    Philanthropy News Digest Jul 9, 2022

    Young Americans are most concerned about stopping school shootings (82 percent), reducing gun violence and mass shootings (72 percent), and protecting access to clean water and fresh air (72 percent),…

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  • The Impact of Structural Racism and Bias on Health Equity

    The Conversation Jul 8, 2022

    While mammograms are often the first step to detecting breast cancer, patients need additional tests after an abnormal screening result. Further imaging can determine if a finding is truly suspicious…

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    Dreaming in Color: Raymond Foxworth, PhD [Audio]

    The Bridgespan Group Jul 8, 2022

    In this episode, Raymond Foxworth, PhD, joins the show to talk about his experience growing up in a matrilineal society, land preservation as part of his family heritage, and the…

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    LGBTQ+ Youth Deserve More — And Philanthropy Can Help

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Jul 8, 2022

    Over the course of the last year, anti-LGBTQ+ hate has dovetailed with a movement for control over what is taught in schools in ways that threaten to erase the experiences of these…

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  • What Companies Are Profiting off of Incarcerated People in Your Area?

    Prison Policy Initiative Jul 8, 2022

    Today, we launched the new Correctional Contracts Library, which contains documents that show how companies profit on the backs of incarcerated people and their families. Through our twenty years of work…

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