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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

When communities and movements talk about climate and environmental justice, solidarity is often at the center of the conversation. 6 And it got me thinking about how the construction of this dam reflects a broad and long pattern of environmental injustice globally. What follows is based on their accounts.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. This could leave nonprofits working on other critical issues, such as poverty alleviation and education, with limited funding and support. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

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From HeLa Cells to Digital Health: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of Modern Clinical Research

NonProfit Quarterly

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty. Without regulation, this commercialization could worsen inequities in clinical research.

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Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For poverty and climate action, none of the targets are on track. The COVID pandemic was also a period of backsliding, during which many SDG indicators were reversed, numerous people were pushed into extreme poverty, and gender inequality was exacerbated. How should companies respond this catastrophic backsliding?

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How to Power Good Union Jobs in the Clean Energy Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2022 Bloomberg Law study found that the average time it takes a union to achieve a first contract is 465 days , a delay that almost entirely benefits employers. The community demands that the automaker agree to environmental protections , invest in and hire local workers, create affordable housing, and pay fairly for residents land.

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Disability Under Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda

NonProfit Quarterly

Many of these policies came from federal anti-discrimination laws passed following the civil rights struggle of the 1960s and were later expanded to include people with disabilities. As an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who is hard of hearing told USA Today : People look at us as not being able.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

The water crisis in Jackson is also part of a larger set of interconnected injustices that reveal the complexity of environmental racism. In that same year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the city had at least 2,300 unauthorized sanitary sewer overflows in the previous five years.