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How Market Forces Could Improve How We Eat
Health advocates and the food and beverage industries have traditionally clashed over issues of public policy. Warning labels might help the two find common ground.
Tag: United States
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The Power of Business to Change Food Culture for the Better
The key to getting people to adopt healthier eating habits may lie in leveraging the power of the private sector. Part of a sponsored supplement from the Summer 2019 issue.
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Political Power as a Tool to Improve the Health of All Americans
Healthier Colorado is that state’s largest health-advocacy organization. By supporting fundamental policy shifts and engaging actors at all levels of policymaking, they are helping create lasting change for Coloradans.
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Evaluate, Invest in Advocacy, and Shrink the Change
Troubling health trends in Howard County, Maryland, inspired the Horizon Foundation—a local health-focused philanthropy—to adopt a HEAL framework. Here’s what they learned along the way.
Design Thinking
When to Use User-Centered Design for Public Policy
When fewer Americans than ever believe government is meeting their needs, a new approach that elevates the voices of citizens is long overdue. User-centered design holds great promise in a well-defined set of circumstances.
Civic Engagement
Funders Can Bolster Democracy by Supporting Census Tech
Local governments and philanthropy are missing out on one of the biggest opportunities to positively affect the census: supporting the application of modern technology to increase the chances of a more complete count.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Bolder Goals, Bigger Breakthroughs
Nonprofits that set their sights higher can achieve more.
Impact Investing
Capital for Justice: Spurring On Impact Investing for Racial Equity
How one foundation is building on a 50-year history of impact investing to unlock more capital and more justice toward greater equity, progress, and prosperity.
Impact Investing
Creating Opportunity for Communities of Color Through Entrepreneurship
Supporting and strengthening small business owners can help increase economic opportunity in communities of color, building family and community wealth.
Health
Women’s Groups and Funders Respond to Global Gag Rule
Four successful strategies to mitigate the effects of a restrictive funding policy that the Trump administration reinstated.