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    Civics Education Is Fundamental to Democracy

    The 74 Mar 24, 2025

    Roy: To prepare the engaged voters of tomorrow, schools must give students real-life, first-hand experience in how government works, and doesn’t…

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  • The US Government Data Purge: Impacts on Research and Policymaking

    Brookings Mar 19, 2025

    In its first two months, the Trump administration has not only laid off thousands of federal workers and shuttered agencies, but it has also purged taxpayer-funded data sets from a swathe of government websites, including data on crime, sexual orientation, gender, education, climate, and global…

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    Scholars Analyze the Dismantling of the Department of Education

    Brookings Mar 19, 2025

    Brookings scholars analyze Trump’s EO to close the Department of Education, providing context, historical background, and critiques.

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    Rethinking the Fed: Should America’s Central Bank Be More Democratic?

    Democracy Journal Mar 19, 2025

    Fed governance can be improved, of course, but it is not fundamentally undemocratic.

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  • Advocacy Resources for Donors Ready to Aid Nonprofits

    Arabella Advisors Mar 19, 2025

    philanthropy must use all legal and effective tools at their disposal—from policy and advocacy to impact investing and more—to support grantees, community leaders, policymakers, and others in the governance of our society.

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    Reimagining the University in the Wake of NIH Funding Cuts

    Vox Mar 18, 2025

    Academia runs on underpaid, overworked PhD students. It doesn’t have to.

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    5 Ways to Make Urban Areas More Affordable for Families

    Gothamist Mar 18, 2025

    The Center for an Urban Future offers policy prescriptions for keeping families in the city.

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    Transportation Advocacy Group Warns About Cuts in Transportation Grant Awards

    Smart Cities Dive Mar 18, 2025

    Transportation for America analyzed a leaked Department of Transportation policy memo that targets road safety, bicycle and electric vehicle infrastructure projects.

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    Fighting Cybersexism: Young Activist Combats Harassment of Women and Girls Online

    Global Citizen Mar 17, 2025

    In this In My Own Words article, Young Activists Summit winner, Shanley McLaren speaks about her work on #StopFisha, and her activism against cybersexism and gendered violence.

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    Learning Ecosystems Incorporate Community Resources to Create Future-Ready Learners

    Getting Smart Mar 17, 2025

    Invest in learning ecosystems to prepare future-ready learners by connecting communities and leveraging local assets…

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    Funding Field-Building: How the Philanthropic Sector Can Improve Coordination

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 17, 2025

    As philanthropy rallies to the defense of the nonprofit sector, how money is spent is as important as how much.

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    The Impact of the EPA Ending Environmental Justice Programs on the Waste Industry

    Waste Dive Mar 14, 2025

    As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, the waste industry no longer has access to EJScreen, a monitoring tool used to track environmental justice metrics near facilities.

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