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    National Summit on Period Poverty Drives Systemic Change Towards Access and Equity

    PR Newswire Oct 21, 2025

    /PRNewswire/ — The Second National Summit on Period Poverty, hosted by Dignity Grows at Emory University’s Hatchery Center for Innovation, is bringing…

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    ICE’s Multi-Million-Dollar Recruitment Campaign Targets Existing Law Enforcement Officers

    The Marshall Project Oct 20, 2025

    The federal agency’s recruitment, including a $50,000 signing bonus, is targeting local law enforcement — angering some sheriffs and police chiefs.

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    Budget Cuts Threaten to Shut Low-Income Students Out of College

    The Hechinger Report Oct 17, 2025

    If recent education budget cuts are enacted, millions of young people will lose the opportunity to earn a college degree and build a more financially secure future for themselves and their families. Instead, we should invest in a nimble, adaptable and educated population.

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    Potential Staffing Cuts Threaten Disabled Students’ Civil Rights

    Urban Institute Oct 16, 2025

    Without the office’s oversight, states could fall out of compliance with federal disability rights law and deny disabled students the services they are entit……

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    How New Foreign Worker Visa Fees Might Worsen Doctor Shortages in Rural America

    The Conversation Oct 16, 2025

    Foreign-born doctors account for 1 in 5 physicians in the US – and they often practice in regions where the physician shortage is most severe.

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    Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater and Ecosystems Across the US

    The Rural Blog Oct 16, 2025

    View of the 2008 Kingston, Tennessee, spill that prompted coal ash regulations. (Photo by Brian Stansberry, Wikimedia CC) Almost every st…

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    Why Countries Struggle to Quit Fossil Fuels, Despite Higher Costs and 30 Years of Climate Talks and Treaties

    The Conversation Oct 15, 2025

    The International Energy Agency expects global renewable energy capacity to double by 2030, even with lower growth in the US, but fossil fuels still dominate.

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    3 Strategies to Rebuild and Reimagine Democracy

    Nonprofit Quarterly Oct 14, 2025

    As democratic practices decay in the United States and elsewhere, the tendency is to defend existing institutions. But building new paths is just as important.

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    Major Foundations Launch $500 Million Humanity AI Initiative to Keep People at the Center of Technology

    eWeek Oct 14, 2025

    10 philanthropies launch Humanity AI, a five-year initiative to steer AI for the public good, funding democracy, education, culture, labor, and security.

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    Engaging Incarcerated People Through Participatory Research to Improve Prison Conditions

    Urban Institute Oct 13, 2025

    Participatory research in prisons is not just an innovative way to conduct studies.When done thoughtfully and collaboratively, it can create a pathway to co……

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    Last Coal Plant in New England Closes Years Ahead of Schedule

    Canary Media Oct 13, 2025

    Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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  • Funding Access to Child Care for Rural Communities

    The Hechinger Report Oct 10, 2025

    Hello! This is Christina Samuels, the early education editor here at Hechinger. By now, I hope you’ve had a chance to read my colleague Jackie Mader’s story about the important…

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