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How to Define American? Reshaping America’s immigration narrative
Without broad changes in the ways that the news and entertainment media in the US portray immigrants, policy advocacy for more humane immigration policies remains an uphill battle.
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Betting on the most promising news organisations in Latin America
At a moment in which Latin American democracy is under threat, the region needs to support a vibrant free press that will inform citizens and hold the powerful to account.
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Ten Latin American News Startups Get Grants and Consulting to Help Boost...
Velocidad, an accelerator designed to help independent news media in Latin America become sustainable, has selected 10 digital startups to receive investments and specialized consulting services.
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Pursuing equal, full citizenship rights for all Kenyans
Namati is a legal empowerment organisation dedicated to advancing justice by equipping people to know, use, and shape the laws that affect them.
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Investing in Pop Culture Collaborative and the Promise of American Pluralism
The Pop Culture Collaborative is a philanthropic resource and funder learning community that uses grantmaking, convening, narrative strategy, and research to transform the narrative around historically marginalized groups.
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Helping governments and people make the most of their natural resources
Natural Resource Governance Institute aims to help resource-rich countries reap the benefits of natural resources to support sustainable development through domestic resource mobilization and accountable policy-making.
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SeeClickFix: Reflecting on 12 years connecting citizens and government
SeeClickFix's Ben Berkowitz shares more about the company's recent acquisition and what the broader field might learn from their journey.
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Helping communities defend their rights
Accountability Counsel supports people harmed by development projects with community-driven and policy-level strategies to ensure that financial flows do no harm, support local development, and do not undermine human rights.
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Protecting our rights in the digital environment
The rights and freedoms of individuals and communities in the digital age are increasingly under threat. Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) are using complementary strategies to safeguard the...
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Building an eco-system: why it matters
Watch some of our Nigeria-based investees talk about their work to increase accountability, reduce corruption, and ensure public funds are spent delivering the services the public really needs.
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Tackling cyber-harassment and empowering female journalists
The IWMF seeking to elevate the voices and status of female journalists globally in news media. It hosts a range of programmes targeted at helping women journalists develop practical solutions to the obstacles faced in their...
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Our commitment to unrestricted funding
It was heartening this week to see five major foundations and peers commit to better support the often overlooked ‘indirect costs’ of their partners’ work.
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