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  • For-profit Nursing Homes Are Cutting Corners on Safety and Draining Resources

    The Conversation Mar 15, 2024

    The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky facility on July 3, 2021. Residents wandered the halls…

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  • Five Reasons for Entrepreneurs to Engage in Philanthropy

    Thrive Global Mar 15, 2024

    Whatever charitable cause you are interested in — education being mine — you can contribute to and make a significant impact on the cause itself while also making yourself a…

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  • Thinking Beyond Food Deserts to Address Food Insecurity

    Brookings Mar 15, 2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the shortcomings within the country’s social safety net— especially in the case of food security. The drastic rise in unemployment, lost access to…

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  • Ancient Techniques for Sustainable Food Production

    Nonprofit Quarterly Mar 15, 2024

    Can a traditional farming approach integrating multiple species help make rice farming more sustainable—and cut emissions?

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  • How Education Philanthropy Can Address Racial Justice Funding

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 15, 2024

    After myriad funder press releases and pledges, both racial equity and racial justice grantmaking dropped significantly between 2018 and 2021.

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  • How Improving Prison and Jail Visits Can Help Communities

    Urban Institute Mar 14, 2024

    Four ways correctional facilities can better support connections between people who are incarcerated and their loved ones to increase community safety.

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  • COVID-19 Vaccines: CDC Says People Ages 65 And Up Should Get A Shot This Spring – A Geriatrician Explains Why It’s Vitally Important

    The Conversation Mar 14, 2024

    As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.

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  • Buyouts Can Bring Relief from Medical Debt, But They’re Far From a Cure

    The Conversation Mar 14, 2024

    Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.

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  • Leprosy Cases Are Rising in the US. Why Is It Spreading Now?

    The Conversation Mar 14, 2024

    People often think of leprosy as a bygone disease, relevant primarily in biblical times. But in fact, it is still present in more than 120 countries, and the US is seeing an uptick in cases.

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  • How Thoughtful AI Can Improve Local Governance

    ideas42 Mar 14, 2024

    Memphis, Tennessee, is often the subject of negative media attention, particularly when it comes to crime and poverty.However, after working for months with local non-profit organizations as part of our Narrative Change work, we were able to confirm what residents of the city have always known—that…

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  • What is the State of Gun Violence Research as a Public Health Issue?

    KFF Health News Mar 14, 2024

    After the 1996 Dickey Amendment halted federal spending on research into firearms risks, a small group of academics pressed on, with little money or political support, to document the nation’s growing gun violence problem and start to understand what can be done to curb the public health crisis.

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  • Why Investing in Workers’ Rights is Investment in Democracy

    Nonprofit Quarterly Mar 14, 2024

    A leader in philanthropy explains that to reclaim our democracy, we need to fight inequality by funding worker organizing.

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