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    Tearing Down Barriers: A Conversation with Kim Foxx [Audio]

    Minneapolis Foundation May 31, 2021

    Kim Foxx made history when she was elected to be the first African American woman to lead the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois. Chanda connected with Kim to…

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    Community-led Design Makes Playgrounds More Accessible

    The 74 May 31, 2021

    When it comes to providing play opportunities to children with disabilities, not all playgrounds are created equal. On most playgrounds in the United States, complex play structures with lots of…

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    How Nonprofits Can Succeed After the Pandemic

    PhilanTopic May 31, 2021

    A recent survey by the Nonprofit Finance Fund found that 60 percent of nonprofits experienced conditions in 2020 that threatened their long-term financial stability. As a result, most nonprofits had to reimagine…

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    The EPA Isn’t Doing Enough to Protect People in Harm’s Way

    Futurity

    Many hazardous chemicals that cause health issues are still in use in industrial, commercial, and private settings, despite well-documented harms. As the federal government implements the 2016 Frank Lautenberg Chemical…

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    Millions in the United States’ Most Vulnerable Communities Lack Access to Water and Sanitation

    Global Citizen

    The US has one of the world’s most reliable water and wastewater systems, yet 2 million people lack running water and basic indoor plumbing. The nonprofit organizations DigDeep and US…

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    Faith-based Organizations Are Critical to Implementation

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 30, 2021

    Despite the accelerated growth of the field of implementation science, critical lessons have yet to be learned about the best implementation approaches to reduce the persistent disparities in mental and…

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    Children Are Not Adequately Protected By Pesticide Laws

    The Counter May 30, 2021

    As a child growing up on his family’s subsistence farm in Puebla, Mexico, Abel Luna loved helping to plant corn and other crops. But in 2001, when he turned 13,…

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    Organic Meat Less Likely to Contain Drug-resistant Bacteria

    The Counter May 30, 2021

    Organic meat is half as likely to contain multidrug-resistant bacteria as conventional meat, according to a new analysis of contamination data collected from nearly 40,000 samples of chicken, pork, beef,…

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    Jail Incarceration Rates are Inexplicably Inconsistent Across Cities

    Prison Policy Initiative May 30, 2021

    Why do some places incarcerate people at much higher rates than others? We considered this question in 2019, when we compared prison incarceration rates across U.S. counties, finding a wide range that…

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    Disparities for LGBTQ+ People Were Worsened By COVID-19

    Alliance Magazine May 30, 2021

    The report, titled ‘German funding for LGBTIQA+ human rights work in the Global South and East’, surveys and documents funding from Germany for LGBTIQA+ human rights work. “For vulnerable minorities…

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    Civil Society and the Foundations of Democratic Citizenship

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Most of us will recall how Americans’ unique aptitude for forming what Alexis de Tocqueville termed public or civil associations — the precursors of today’s nonprofit and voluntary organizations —…

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    How Technology Can Help Solve Issues With Housing Affordability

    Urban Institute

    We’re in the midst of a housing affordability crisis that will worsen if increases in housing supply remain anemic while demand increases as expected. Brian Brooks, chief legal officer at…

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