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Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, January 2021 At the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, and for our many colleagues and partners, the ongoing and intertwined health, economic, and racial justice crises bring new urgency to our work to improve access to quality jobs, options to participate in business ownership, and the freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Below we share our monthly newsletter with highlights of recent work. As always, we welcome your feedback, thoughts...

Evelyn Chepkirui Kilel is a cybersecurity expert currently working as the Principal Cyber Security Engineer at Safaricom PLC. She is also a co-founder of SheHacksKE, a community of women in Cybersecurity from various backgrounds and counties in Kenya. The 26-year-old shared her career path with S

The Capitol Insurrection Increasingly Appears To Have Been ‘An Inside Job’ While watching the Trump traitors engage in armed insurrection against the Capitol last week, my first thought was that these domestic terrorists had assistance – from Capitol Police, members of Congress or congressional staff, or building staffers. Advertisement A growing number of House Democrats say they’re concerned that tactical decisions by some Capitol Police officers worsened Wednesday’s riots and have ...

Reply Background checks for guns in Pennsylvania broke records in 2020, and free gun locks are being distributed Monday in Coatesville. (Shutterstock) COATESVILLE, PA — Gun sales across Pennsylvania broke records in 2020 and community players want to make sure those weapons are not misused. The Coatesville City Police Department will partner with CeaseFirePA Education Fund and the Episcopal of the Trinity Church to dispense free gun locks and promote responsible gun ownership in an event on...

House Impeaches Trump For Incitement Of Insurrection (Updated) Home » House Impeaches Trump For Incitement Of Insurrection (Updated) House Impeaches Trump For Incitement Of Insurrection (Updated) The House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time – making him the only U.S. president to ever be impeached twice. The vote was 232-197, with 10 Republicans joining all the Democrats to impeach. Another 4 Republicans did not vote (read into that what you will). All four of Ar...

Community Groups: New Yorkers are Ready to Rank Common Cause/NY, Rank the Vote NYC, NYIC, Chhaya, CPC, and NALEO Educational Fund outline ranked choice voting voter education outreach including forums, exit polling, etc NEW YORK, NY (12/22/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, Common Cause/NY, Rank the Vote NYC, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Chhaya, the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) and NALEO Educational Fund joined together for a press conference zoom to outline past, current and ...

Community Groups Lay Out Citywide Ranked Choice Voting Education Plans Common Cause/NY, Rank the Vote NYC, NYIC, Chhaya, Center for Law and Social Justice, UNH and NALEO outline ranked choice voting voter outreach including forums, exit polling, etc NEW YORK, NY (12/21/2020) (readMedia)-- Tomorrow, Common Cause/NY, Rank the Vote NYC, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), the Center for Law and Social Justice, Chhaya, United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) and NALEO will join together for a press...