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YouTube has removed Steven Crowder from its Partner Program indefinitely

The Verge

Two weeks ago, after YouTube revealed its definition of hate speech was so narrow that it couldn’t remove a wildly racist tirade for being wildly racist, we wondered out loud what it would take for YouTube to stop promoting conservative commentator Steven Crowder as an official YouTube Partner and allowing him to profit from those tirades.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. The Just Economy Conference is the national event for community, policy, government and business leaders who work for fairness in banking, housing and business.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). Austin, Texas: Miradi: A Flexible Approach to Program Planning for Conservation and Beyond. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Las Vegas, Nevada: AdWords Basics. Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Wednesday, February 8, 2017.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. Stanford Social Innovation Review / Stanford, CA / $800.

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Social app Parler apparently receives funding from the conservative Mercer family

The Verge

Social media app Parler receives financial backing from conservative hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, The Wall Street Journal reported. A longstanding gripe among conservatives on social media is that Twitter and Facebook’s algorithms discriminate against them, “shadowbanning” their content.

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The most innovative companies for energy in 2025

Fast Company Tech

climate policy, will struggle to reverse. The companys investors include heavyweights like Laurene Powell Jobs Emerson Collective, the Nature Conservancy, and Bill Gates Breakthrough Energy Ventures, most recently through a $170 million Series B funding round, among the biggest climate tech deals in 2024. million award from the U.S.

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Colleges cut ties with nonprofit amid federal DEI scrutiny

Fast Company Tech

But in January, conservative strategist Christopher Rufo flagged the program known as The PhD Project in social media posts that caught the attention of Republican politicians. Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, accused the university of supporting racial segregation and breaking the law.