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How Ancestral Knowledge Can Help Incarcerated Natives

Next City

After the Department of Corrections stripped imprisoned Indigenous people of religious freedoms in 2010, the organization Huy stepped in to advocate for them.

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Help wanted: The long-term labor tightening trend by country

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Labor markets in the world’s eight largest economies have tightened significantly since 2010, although the character and level of constraint varies among them. Here we offer a detailed portrait of each country’s labor market to illustrate the contrasts and similarities between them.

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What is Gen Z?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Generation Z comprises people born between 1996 and 2010. This generation’s identity has been shaped by the digital age, climate anxiety, a shifting financial landscape, and COVID-19.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs offer reliable stewardship of community land assets and a long-term promise of affordable housing (Davis 2010). One-time investments in CLT properties can keep those properties affordable as long as the CLT exists, ensuring affordability for far longer (Institute for Community Economics 1982, Jacobus and Brown 2010, White 2011).

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5G technology could be the saviour of struggling public buildings and boost green goals

Open Access Government - Technology News

New research by Vodafone UK reveals that implementing 5G-powered solutions in public buildings like schools, hospitals, and leisure centres could save a staggering £580 million annually in taxpayer money.

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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

From 2006–2010, UK Biobank recruited 500,000 UK citizens between the ages of 40 and 69 to supply biological samples (blood, urine, and saliva) and information about their lifestyle regularly on an ongoing basis. UK Biobank is the world’s most comprehensive source of health data used for research.

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Labor markets are still tight. It’s a long-term issue, and not just in the US

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The countries that have grown their overall economies fastest since 2010 did so primarily by hiring more workers. But today, there aren't many workers in reserve. Labor markets remain comparatively tight across most advanced economies, despite more recent softening. This tightness isn't simply a lingering effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.