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    Racial Disparities in Aging Need to be Addressed

    Futurity Jul 4, 2021

    More older Americans are able to meet their daily care needs without assistance, a report shows, but concerning gaps remained for older Black and Hispanic people. According to the report,…

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    Takeaways from the Cleanup of Boston’s Charles River

    Grist Jul 4, 2021

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan officially announced earlier this month that the Biden administration will reinterpret the Trump administration’s definition of what constitutes “waters of the United States” – waterways…

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    Prisons Are Prematurely Returning to Business as Usual

    The Marshall Project Jul 4, 2021

    Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. He had the spray bottle of bleach and extra soap that corrections officers provided. But he still spent every day crammed in a unit…

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    Study Shows Increase in Residential Segregation Since 1990

    Grist Jul 4, 2021

    Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One baby, born to a Black…

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    How Learning Journeys Can Strengthen Funders’ Skills

    The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) Jul 4, 2021

    Deciding to deepen your learning on a new subject can feel daunting and overwhelming. Where do you start? How do you ensure you’re learning from the right sources? How can…

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    Lessons for Foundations on Bolstering Grassroots Leadership

    NCRP Jul 4, 2021

    We are at a moment of national reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, its disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities and the horrific murders of Black people that ignited protests last summer have laid bare the deep injustices that define…

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    How Donors Can Invest in the Disability Community

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 4, 2021

    COVID-19 has laid bare what the disability community has been telling us all along: current systems have failed people with disabilities because they were not created with disabled people in…

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    Drug Treatment Targets Mutant Proteins to Stop Neurodegenerative Diseases

    The Conversation

    Designer therapies are treatments tailored to a specific disease, and nowhere is the need greater for new therapies than in a group of nervous system disorders, known as “neurodegenerative diseases.”…

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    The Link Between Incarceration Rates and Health in America

    RAND Corporation

    As coronavirus sweeps our nation it has brought deep-seated health inequities, including those linked to incarceration, to the forefront. Overcrowding and poor sanitation are putting prisoners at risk now more…

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    Why States Need to Assess the Extent of COVID Learning Loss

    The 74 Jul 3, 2021

    Buoyed by a massive influx of federal education funding, schools and districts are rolling out a greater number of programs and initiatives to drive learning recovery for students than at…

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    An Open Letter to Philanthropy on Racial Inequity

    Groundswell Fund Jul 3, 2021

    Dear Colleagues, The uprisings of 2020 sparked historic levels of philanthropic giving to address racial injustice. For philanthropy, this signals a tremendous and unprecedented opportunity to dismantle white supremacy in both…

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    Strengthening Relationships Between Incarcerated Parents and Their Kids

    MDRC Jul 3, 2021

    Over 5 million American children under the age of 18 years, a disproportionate number of whom are Black or Latino, have had a residential parent jailed or incarcerated. While a…

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