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    Barriers To Achieving Herd Immunity in the U.S. [Video]

    RAND Corporation Jan 17, 2021

    RAND senior physician policy researcher Mahshid Abir describes several hurdles to achieving herd immunity to COVID-19, including the politicization of the vaccine, political commentary surrounding the production and dissemination processes, as well…

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    Why Non-Profits Should Keep “Rainy Day” Funds

    Charity Navigator Jan 17, 2021

    The term working capital  is traditionally used as a liquidity metric in the form of a dollar amount. In addition, many individual financial plans include having a savings account, often…

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    Why Do COVID-19 Cases Amongst Teachers Appear to be Rising?

    Chalkbeat Jan 17, 2021

    In New York, Texas, and a slice of the rest of the country where data is available, teachers and other staff where school buildings are open have higher COVID infection…

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    This Organization is Fighting Food Apartheid in Chicago

    Food Tank Jan 17, 2021

    As Chicago, Illinois residents struggle with the economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus, the Love Fridge Chicago is bringing fully stocked refrigerators to neighborhoods struggling with food apartheid. According to a…

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    Using Artificial Intelligence To Help Students Learn

    EdSurge Jan 16, 2021

    It is historically one of the most vexing problems in education that there is a tradeoff between scale and achievable quality of instruction: As class sizes grow larger, the ability of…

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    These States are Giving College Workers Early Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

    Higher Education Dive Jan 16, 2021

    States get to decide how they distribute the vaccine. However, they are expected to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls for prioritizing healthcare and essential frontline workers…

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    Extreme Droughts May Hit Twice as Many People By the End of the Century

    Futurity Jan 16, 2021

    “More and more people will suffer from extreme droughts if a medium-to-high level of global warming continues and water management is maintained at its present state,” says lead author Yadu Pokhrel, associate…

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    COVID-19 Response From the Indigenous Community

    Native Americans in Philanthropy Jan 16, 2021

    Giving Compass’ Take:  • Indigenous leadership offers lessons in responding to COVID-19 and how philanthropists can help invest capital into solutions.  • What are the major challenges for Indigenous communities during…

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    A Look at Child Nutrition and Food Security During Remote Learning

    Futurity Jan 15, 2021

    Our study aims to gather information on how states, territories, and Washington, DC, communicated with jurisdictions effectively to provide time-sensitive information on school meal programs as a result of the…

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    Visions for Reforming the Future Food System

    GreenBiz Jan 15, 2021

    Just over a year ago, the Rockefeller Foundation put out a global call for proposals for radical reform of our food systems. More than 1,300 teams from 119 countries responded.…

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    Understanding Black Social Progress Since MLK

    The Conversation Jan 15, 2021

    Sharon Austin, University of Florida On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half century…

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    If You Get the COVID-19 Vaccine, Can You Travel and Stop Social Distancing?

    Vox Jan 15, 2021

    Now that the vaccines are arriving, people are starting to dream. They say things like, “The second everyone in my family is vaccinated, we’re going on a big trip to…

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