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Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

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08/30/2017

The “why” and “how” behind a product have become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. consumers say they would switch from the food and beverage brands they currently buy to others...

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Food Systems

Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows

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08/30/2017

Enrolling in Success Academy boosted test scores for some of its earliest students, according to a new study conducted by research firm MDRC.

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Education

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets

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08/30/2017

With Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act stalled, tentative bipartisan initiatives are in the works to stabilize the fragile individual insurance market that serves roughly 17 million Americans.

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Health

How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement

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08/30/2017

Most see policies and guidelines as bureaucratic inhibitors and constraints. However, used the right way, those same policies and guidelines free people to do their jobs by directing focus. They key is applying the right degrees of freedom to prompt...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

A new report finds the practice of adults marrying girls as young as 12 is rampant across the U.S., despite evidence it threatens lifelong harm.

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser

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08/30/2017

If you’ve scrolled through Facebook lately, you know nonprofits are increasingly active on the social-media site. How active?

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

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08/30/2017

More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia this summer, and as sheets of incessant rain pummeled the vast region on Tuesday, worries grew that the death toll would rise along with the floodwaters.