For many years, our nation has recognized Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and more often than not, I’ve celebrated it the exact same way each year. Most times, I’ve…
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From cameras that identify the faces of passersby to algorithms that keep tabs on public sentiment online, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools are opening new frontiers in state surveillance around the world. Law…
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Attacks like those in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, evoke a paradoxical mix of immediate disbelief and dread that yet another mass shooting feels inevitable. As the nation grapples…
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides a refundable credit to low-wage workers at tax time, has become one of the nation’s most effective antipoverty policies. But most of…
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Amid the huge internal and international displacement of millions of Ukrainians after their country was invaded by Russia in February 2022, the United States is extending protection to as many…
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The oldest art objects in the world — 100,000-year-old paint making kits — were discovered in a South African oceanside cave in 2012. As human population grew and expanded across…
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I first encountered the puzzle that inspired my recent book, Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State, at a meeting I attended while working at The Boston…
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Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news…
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A Mexican journalist was shot and killed while leaving his home in Ciudad Victoria in northeastern Mexico. His 23-year-old daughter was also seriously injured in the gun attack on Wednesday.…
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Click here for more.Now more than ever, funders with few or no staff should engage in or double down on advocacy. For far too long, foundations and other philanthropists have sat on the…
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In the social issue space, new narratives pop up all the time as movements, companies, and organizations attempt to grab and keep the public’s attention. How do you know if…
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When we studied the motivations, relationships and networks, and skill sets and behaviors of BIPOC leaders, we found strengths that are particularly well suited for social change. In some cases,…