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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--You’re No Indian, a highly anticipated documentary exposing the devastating human rights crisis of tribal disenrollment, today announced that legendary Indigenous actors Tantoo Cardinal and Wes Studi have joined the project as executive producers. Cardinal also lends her voice as the film’s narrator. Tribal disenrollment—the controversial practice of removing Indigenous people from tribal roles—has stripped more than 11,000 people of their citizenship, culture, and...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced seven recipients of the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists. Awarded annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six inhabited continental regions, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors the achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists from around the world, inspiring all of us to take action to protect our planet...

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Child exploitation online has skyrocketed. In the past five years, online grooming crimes against children have surged by a staggering 82% (NSPCC, 2023), and it’s estimated that over 500,000 predators are online every day—scouring social media for vulnerable targets. In response, Child Rescue Coalition (CRC) is launching a powerful and unflinchingly urgent campaign this National Child Abuse Prevention Month: “Watch What You Post. They Are.” Created in collabor...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today the 2025 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Twenty-six fellows will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand how and why our society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy. Under the leadership of Carnegie president Dame Louise Richardson, the 2025 class marks the second year of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program’s focus on buildin...

VANCOUVER, Colombie-Britannique--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le Prix Allard pour l'intégrité internationale, l'un des principaux prix anti-corruption au monde, a annoncé les finalistes du Prix Allard 2025. La cérémonie de remise du prix aura lieu le 17 juin 2025 au Tribeca Rooftop de New York, où le lauréat du Prix Allard recevra un prix de 100 000 dollars canadiens. Les lauréats de cette année sont des personnes extraordinaires dont les efforts ont permis de lutter contre la corruption, de mettre en lumi...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Allard Prize for International Integrity names its 2025 award finalists. The Allard Prize recognizes courage and leadership in opposing corruption...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VC Firm Backs 16 High-growth Companies Delivering Real-world Impact with 149 Victims Served, 39 Traffickers Arrested to Date....

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The year 2024 has already proven to be the deadliest year for police violence in America, with 326 Black people killed by police[1], a staggering 12% increase from the previous year. Additionally, Black women, who are often left out of the discussion, make up about 10% of the female population in the U.S. but account for 20% of all women killed by police and nearly one-third of unarmed women killed by police.[2] Despite the widespread use of police body...

日内瓦--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美国商业资讯)-- 全球首个致力于中风问题的多部门倡导运动——全球中风行动联盟(Global Stroke Action Coalition)于今日启动，并发出紧急行动呼吁，以解决中风领域日益严重的不公平问题。中风已经是导致死亡和残疾的主要原因之一，若不加以干预，预计在未来25年内，全球中风负担将进一步增加50%，每年夺走1亿人的生命，并造成1.6万亿美元的经济损失。 在今天下午的启动仪式上，卫生和经济政策专家、临床专家以及有过中风亲身经历的人士将重点介绍关键数据和行动建议，以应对中风对人类健康和经济造成的影响。基于数据以及中风患者的亲身经历，该联盟将发布其首份政策文件《立即采取中风防治行动》(Stroke Action Now)，其中列举了一些基于循证医学的干预措施实例，这些措施能够显著推动中风防治工作的进展。中风在很大程度上具有以下特点： 可预防：当前80%的中风负担与10个可改变的风险因素有关。仅识别和控制高血压就可以将中风发病率降低一半。 可治疗：取栓和溶栓技术（血栓切除术和溶栓治疗）的进步可以极大地改善患者的健康结果，将残疾程度降...

日內瓦--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美國商業資訊)-- 全球第一個專為防治中風而成立的跨部門倡議團體「全球防治中風行動聯盟」(Global Stroke Action Coalition) 在今天正式成軍。該聯盟已發出聲明，呼籲各界盡快採取行動，解決中風日益嚴重的不平等問題。中風原本就是造成死亡和失能的主因之一，若不加以干預，全球因中風造成的負擔預計將在接下來25年內再提高50%，奪去一億人的生命，每年為此付出的代價將高達1.6兆美元。 在今天下午的成立大會上，健康及經濟政策專家、臨床專家以及對中風有切身經驗的人士將說明關鍵數據以及避免中風對人身及財務造成衝擊的建議行動。該聯盟從數據和受中風之害的人士親身體驗兩方面著手，分享他們的第一份政策文件《防治中風，就是現在》(Stroke Action Now)。這份文件羅列可顯著防治這種疾病的介入方式實證範例。中風基本上有以下幾種特性： 可預防：目前的中風重擔有80%都與10種可改變的風險因素相關。僅僅是發現並管理高血壓就可以將中風的發生率減半。 可治療：血栓移除 (thrombectomy) 和血栓溶解技術 (thrombolys...