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Joy is such a foreign word in 2020, right? It feels — especially right now as we await the outcome of the election in the U.S. — that we are…
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Click here for more.Facing the prospects of mass layoffs after the COVID lockdown this March, Neighborhood Health Center in Oregon came up with an ingenious solution to keep all its employees on the…
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Click here for more.Most community colleges and many four-year institutions use standardized placement tests to determine if students are ready for college-level courses or need remedial help to catch up. But a new study found…
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Click here for more.In late August, the Raikes Foundation announced our new Black Leadership & Power Fund. It was a major accomplishment for our team at a time when many of us were…
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Click here for more.Six months into a pandemic that is keeping many businesses closed across the United States, and with close to 1 million new unemployment claims continuing to be added each week,…
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Click here for more.This week, David Attenborough’s new Netflix documentary Our Planet has created another of these symbols: a walrus falling off a cliff, a behaviour the animal has learned in response to the pressures of…
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Click here for more.Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos, his ex-wife, are giving away US$2 billion. The money will fund existing nonprofits to support homeless families and establish a new network of…
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Click here for more.What sets a smart city apart? Arguably, the smart city is differentiated — and driven — by its ability to evaluate its existing infrastructure; identify inefficiencies and opportunities for technological enhancement;…
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Click here for more.Seven in 10 of the 478,600 people in prison in Indian jails are under trial, according to the 2019 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on prisons released in August 2020. Only 14 countries in…
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Click here for more.Despite the historical inattention to the needs of trans communities from mainstream philanthropy, I am grateful to a small group of plucky, pioneering transgender-led funders like the Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP),…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • This article from The Marshall Project shares a story from a past inmate who became a prison firefighter and how it changed his life for the better. …
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, warning labels can keep consumers from choosing sugary drinks like soda, with graphics having the…