Kaiser Permanente health care workers in five states and Washington, D.C., are rallying against low wages and understaffing that they say is undermining patient care.
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Workers are objecting to staffing levels they say endanger patient care and are refusing their employer’s offer that includes raises that they say are too low due to inflation.
You may be surprised by what’s growing on a familiar trail.
Benjamin Goulet-Scott
Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for both refugees and citizens to navigate.
“Food is medicine” programs recognize the vital importance of fresh produce in a person’s overall health.
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Founded in 1959, the membership group Trout Unlimited has changed the culture of fly-fishing and mobilized members to support conservation. Could its approach work for other social problems?
Shelter animals often display problematic behaviors. Can they be retrained?
Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg
Two economists calculated that the Paycheck Protection Program saved more than 450,000 nonprofit jobs in the first six months after the pandemic was declared.
Retrofitting apartment buildings for energy efficiency and solar power can boost affordable housing and climate protection.
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Massachusetts is establishing the first US green bank dedicated to sustainable affordable housing. Three experts in climate finance explain why better housing can help rein in global warming.
In a neoliberal era, where profitability is prioritized over social duty, all orders of government in Canada are increasingly shirking responsibility for providing social services onto non-profits.
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The First Amendment, along with a lack of clarity on what counts as an educational mission for charities, can lead authorities to approve applications from extremist groups.
A bison herd on the America Prairie reserve in Montana.
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Governments and wildlife advocates are working to protect 30% of Earth’s lands and waters for nature by 2030. An ecologist explains why creating large protected areas should be a top priority.
The gun group might be less sturdy than it appears.
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A study of more than 200 social services and arts groups points to the severity of structural barriers.
Frances Willard stands behind her mother, at left, and Anna B. Gordon, who worked as a secretary and lived in the Willard household.
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A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
James O'Keefe stands accused of financial misdeeds.
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A scholar of the laws governing tax-exempt groups explains why trustees showed James O'Keefe the door and what the consequences might be if their concerns prove to be accurate.
A pedestrian walking along the BeltLine in Atlanta on Feb. 17, 2016, passes townhomes under construction.
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A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
Volunteers pitch in at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Irvine, Calif. in December 2022.
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A little more than 1 in 10 Americans can’t get enough to eat – around the same share of the country that was experiencing food insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In most cases, these leaders don’t chart their professional trajectories.
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