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Arizona provides another example of the benefits of taking a public health approach to treating opioids. Increasingly, the evidence shows that government action can bring down opioid use.
The idea of a “Green New Deal” has gained popularity, with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being among its leading advocates. Of course, President Obama once promised a Green New Deal of his own. But could this time be different?
In October, Nadia Murad became the first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Why has there been so little note of it? The massacre of gender has deep roots.
Nonprofits are helping to democratize business ownership through cooperatives and employee stock ownership plans that give workers the opportunity to share in the wealth they are creating.
New York’s landmark bookstore, The Strand, is one of seven buildings the Landmark Preservation Commission has proposed designating an official historic landmark—but store owner Nancy Bass Wyden says, “Leave us alone.”
It is apparent that although nonprofits work hard to attend to the symptoms, hunger in the US, at colleges or elsewhere, is a malady that food pantries alone cannot mend.
As the recent wildfires ravaging California add to the state’s growing housing crisis, how will nonprofits address both the new and old homeless populations?
Increasingly, hospital leaders understand that achieving health outcomes requires addressing social factors, not just clinical interventions. But federal community benefit regulations still encourage hospitals to focus on less effective interventions, such as health fairs.
Denver voters approved a small general sales tax measure with 59 percent of Denver voters voting yes. The tax will generate an estimated $11.2 million in its first year to support nonprofit-run youth nutrition programs.
In Ireland, the Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) votes to approve full divestment of state fossil fuel company investments. The bill, expected to be signed by Ireland’s president, would make Ireland the first country in the world to fully divest itself from fossil fuel company stock.
