Tag: governments
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In a polarized nation, local governments are oases of compromise and community, study finds
Local governments are uniquely able to combat growing national polarization, according to a new study out Wednesday from the nonprofit research organization CivicPulse and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The study, which features quantitative and qualitative conclusions following interviews with more than 1,400 local elected policymakers and local civil service leaders, found that 87%…
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Korean adoptees say they were ‘commodified’ and governments ignored fraud, investigation finds
An International Social Service social worker who visited the U.S. Embassy in Seoul around that time found what she saw “distasteful,” according to documents at the agency’s archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries. “It showed the callous way in which children going to the US. were processed, to me, it was a real assembly…