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5 facts about the brain to improve your decision-making skills

Fast Company Tech

Emily Falk is a Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Communication Neuroscience Lab and the Climate Communication Division of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

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Fundraising for Food Banks: FAQs + 5 Innovative Strategies 

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We recommend establishing a policy or set of guidelines for the in-kind donations you’ll accept. Philabundance, a food bank serving nine counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, often collaborates with Philadelphia’s many sports teams to collect both money and food. For instance, link to an online donation form for monetary gifts.

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Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education—which would be disastrous for Title I schools

Fast Company Tech

At a campaign rally last fall not far from Johnstown in Indiana, Pennsylvania, then-candidate Donald Trump said eliminating the Department of Education would allow him to move education back to the states. As of 2022, Pennsylvania ranked 42nd in the country in share of state spending on education.

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Nonprofit Advocacy: How Your Org Can Drive Positive Change

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About 70% of policy-engaged nonprofits report their mission encourages their policy engagement. 56% of nonprofits who do not engage in policy say it doesnt apply to their mission, while 18% say their mission discourages advocacy. Lobby legislators to influence policy decisions related to your mission.

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This federal program helps families pay utility bills—but Trump just fired the entire staff

Fast Company Tech

As a particularly cold winter sputters to an end, Pennsylvanias Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps residents pay their heating bills, closed on Fridayseveral weeks earlier than expected. In 2025, Pennsylvania had so far received $71 million by early April. About $19 million has yet to be sent to the state.

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These 7 universities are facing federal funding cuts from the Trump administration

Fast Company Tech

About a week later, those demands were expanded to include leadership reforms, admission policy changes and stopping the university’s recognition of certain student organizations. The university announced March 21 that it had agreed to make even more sweeping policy changes that the Trump administration had demanded.

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Trump wants to kill EVs—but he’s just giving BYD an advantage over Detroit

Fast Company Tech

becomes somewhat isolated in an idiosyncratic market, with lots of big pickups and SUVs that don’t sell in any other market, and that are still predominantly fossil fuel, says John Paul MacDuffie, a management professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Probably the most dire scenario is that the U.S.