Racial inequities and health disparities continue to profoundly affect the lives and futures of tens of millions of Americans every day. Societal fault lines based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status,…
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Shondiin Mayo is originally from Stevens Village, Alaska, and grew up in both Fairbanks and the Navajo Nation. She is Diné (Navajo) and Tleeyegge Hut’aane and is of the Bitterwater Clan…
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Two new studies highlight the vulnerability of California forests. Climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, has heated the atmosphere faster than conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains can adapt, shifting their ideal elevation 600 feet above where it…
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The majority of women in the workforce earn less than men for performing the same work — and a new report found that for health and care workers, the discrepancy…
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More people in the US get cancer screening when employers are mandated to provide paid sick leave, research finds.
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More educators have quit their jobs as teacher turnover spikes across U.S., confirming fears that COVID stresses would hurt teacher retention.
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READ THE TRANSCRIPT This episode offers an incredible story – and perhaps a bold new model for increasing investments in America’s nonprofit workforce.You’ll learn how a group of nonprofits showed elected leaders the essential value of the nonprofit human services workforce, and broke through malaise…
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The fact is that, just like everyone else, I get lazy. Despite knowing the facts about plastic pollution and having every intention to shake the single-use habit, even I get…
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Rural regions in Alabama are among the most food insecure places in America. New partnerships between schools and food banks are one way to combat this challenge.
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As climate change raises the risk of glacial lake outburst floods, downstream Nepal is seeking better warnings.
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A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial…
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A Coalition of shellfish growers in the U.S. and Canada are driving climate action to sustain aquatic ecosystems.