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New York Redistricting Czar Urges People To Go Local

New York Redistricting Czar Urges People To Go Local

“I get seasick. My wife’s the sailor,” joked David Imamura, a lawyer specializing in white collar crime, now Chair of New York State’s (NYS) Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), on his NYS listening tour. Monday brought

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These Trailblazers Are Taking Action to Make Gender Equality Real

These Trailblazers Are Taking Action to Make Gender Equality Real

What are the biggest obstacles to gender equality? Female leaders, entrepreneurs, and activists tackled these and other vital questions at the SDG Action Zone on Gender. Kicking off with the prime minister of the first

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Concordia Summit Spotlights Vaccines, Digital Access, and Climate Solutions

Concordia Summit Spotlights Vaccines, Digital Access, and Climate Solutions

As the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit kicked off on September 20 in New York, the impact of COVID-19 as an accelerator of poverty and the need to rapidly move to clean energy took center stage.

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Asian Workers Act to Hold Brands Accountable for Working Conditions

Asian Workers Act to Hold Brands Accountable for Working Conditions

For several days in June 2020, in the midst of a raging pandemic, hundreds of women walked long distances from their homes to protest the sudden shutdown of a factory unit in Bangalore in southern

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Humanizing Cities: Robin Bronen Advocates for New Governance

Humanizing Cities: Robin Bronen Advocates for New Governance

This summer has been, as Angela Merkel said, surreal. First, a Miami high-rise collapsed – ostensibly due to its weakened foundation, most likely from design issues and salty air, which can be corrosive to unwaterproofed

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James-Christian Blockwood on Pursuing a Public Service Career

James-Christian Blockwood on Pursuing a Public Service Career

“In the government you can explore the world and nearly every job can be offered to you through federal service.” With those words, James-Christian Blockwood, Executive Vice President at the Partnership for Public Service explained

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Celebrating World Public Service Day

Celebrating World Public Service Day

The United Nations has designated today as World Public Service Day. Their goal in doing so is to “celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community, highlight the contribution of public service

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Looking For a Public Service Career? Advice from Professor Don F. Kettl

Looking For a Public Service Career? Advice from Professor Don F. Kettl

Professor Donald F. Kettl is the Sid Richardson Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin and has won lifetime awards for teaching as well as consulted for government

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Nimble Governance: Estonia’s Digital Residency Reforms Reflect Start-Up Culture

Nimble Governance: Estonia’s Digital Residency Reforms Reflect Start-Up Culture

In December 2014, Edward Lucas, then an editor at The Economist, became Estonia’s first e-Resident. The initiative, hatched earlier that year, issues a digital identity to people outside the country, providing them access to e-governance

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The Policies That Did Most For Women

The Policies That Did Most For Women

This is International Women’s History Month. So what better time to take a look at the policies around the world that have done most to advance women? Driving Change has been looking at the most

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