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(New York Daily News)Man Plans, God Laughs: How Not to Reform the Criminal Justice System (Gotham Gazette)In Defense of Incrementalism: A Call for Radical Realism (The Hill)The Justice System Case for Radical Incrementalism (Gotham Gazette)The Challenge of Cultural Change on Rikers Island (Gotham Gazette) Polarization “There’s Nothing Inevitable or Permanent About Democracy” (The Fulcrum)“Stories About the Way the Nation Is Organized Are Dividing Us” (The Fulcrum)“We’re Ignoring Our Common Values and Interests” (The Fulcrum) “There Is a Diffused Climate of Threats and Intimidation” (The Fulcrum) “A Healthy Democracy Requires Social Trust” (The Fulcrum) “Democracy Is Something We Have to Fight For” (The Fulcrum)“A Truly Pluralistic Society Has Both Inclusion and Dissent” (The Fulcrum)“The Problem Comes From the Top” (The Fulcrum)“It’s Time To Be Very Afraid” (The Fulcrum)“We’re in the Danger Zone” (The Fulcrum)“Pluralism Is a Learned Value” (The Fulcrum)Illiberal Ideas Are Having a Negative Effect on Our Political Culture (The Fulcrum) Book Reviews Why Not Moderation? 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(City & State)Nolvia Delgado (New York Nonprofit)Nic Dawes (New York Nonprofit)Chloe Breyer (New York Nonprofit)Rich Leimsider (New York Nonprofit)Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: What Do Nonprofit Leaders Really Think? (New York Nonprofit) Nora McCarthy (New York Nonprofit)Leaders Must Confront Declining Trust in the Nonprofit World — Before It’s Too Late (Chronicle of Philanthropy)Susan Stamler (New York Nonprofit)What Do Nonprofit Leaders Really Think About Unionization? (New York Nonprofit) Melanie Hartzog (City & State) Frankie Miranda (New York Nonprofit)Debra-Ellen Glickstein (New York Nonprofit)Why the Unhappiness of Nonprofit Leaders Matters (New York Nonprofit)Bill Baccaglini (New York Nonprofit)David Nocenti (New York Nonprofit)Jordyn Lexton (New York Nonprofit)Jose Ortiz (New York Nonprofit)Remembering Herb Sturz: Pioneering Social Entrepreneur (Gotham Gazette)Richard Buery (New York Nonprofit)We All Work at the New York Times Now (Areo)Joe DeGenova (New York Nonprofit)Kym Hardy Watson (New York Nonprofit)Hard Choices: How Can the “Nonprofit Industrial Complex” Do Better? (New York Nonprofit)Paulette LoMonaco (New York Nonprofit) Christie Peale (New York Nonprofit)Vivian Nixon (New York Nonprofit)Ron Richter (New York Nonprofit)A Moment of Reckoning for Nonprofit Leaders (LA Review of Books)Quardean Lewis-Allen (New York Nonprofit)Jennifer Jones Austin (New York Nonprofit)Meg Barnette (New York Nonprofit)Herb Sturz (New York Nonprofit)The Post-COVID Nonprofit (New York Nonprofit)Responding to Race and COVID-19 (New York Nonprofit)Emma Jordan-Simpson (New York Nonprofit)Fatima Shama (New York Nonprofit)John Raskin (New York Nonprofit)Colvin Grannum (New York Nonprofit)Phoebe Boyer (New York Nonprofit)Wayne Ho (New York Nonprofit)Nonprofit Innovators Can Learn From Failure As Well As Success (Chronicle of Philanthropy) JusticeIs It Possible to Get the Effort to Close Rikers Island Back on Track? 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