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DC policymakers considering TOPA changes should understand the implications for owners and renters of two-to-four-unit rental buildings.
Would six weeks of paid parental leave be a good step forward? The president’s budget includes a proposal to provide working parents six weeks of paid leave after childbirth or adoption.Can Red Nose Day catch on in the United States? Red Nose Day raised $21 million when it launched here in 2015, but the event raised more than five times that amount in the United Kingdom that year.Proposed cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance could increase poverty and may not save the program money President Trump's budget proposal includes a $63 billion cut to disability insurance over the next 10 years.Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a missing minority in criminal justice data Without good data, we lack context for high-profile cases of AAPIs interacting with police, which could better inform public opinion and policy.Three lessons from the Social Innovation Fund to improve federal grantmaking The Social Innovation Fund was eliminated in the recent budget deal, but its best elements can live on in other areas of federal grantmaking.In an era of distrust, media and researchers must provide more facts and stories relevant to local concerns What is the future of civil society when each of us has his or her version of the truth?
