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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

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I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Computer types: I have both Mac and Windows computers for testing.

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News-Illiterate Cops Order Air Hunt for 'Antifa' Citing Neo-Nazi Rumors That Triggered Armed Mobs

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Screenshots of two rambling social media posts—one from Facebook, one from Instagram—form the sum total of the evidence police used last summer to justify an aerial surveillance operation in North California, records obtained by the nonprofit transparency group Property of the People and reporting by the Guardian… Read more.

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TheWMarketplace wants to take on Amazon with its new e-commerce site for women-led businesses

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It includes retail sales and professional services, as well as nonprofit organizations and a blog about women’s economic issues, creating more of a sense of community than a platform focused strictly on shopping. Nonprofits are included on the site for free. “We plan to take Amazon on,” said Isler, who is CEO.

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Photos: Russell Wilson and Ciara take it to the ‘House’ and toast their first fashion store in Seattle

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Wilson also passed to his wife and entrepreneurial partner, as the two toasted their effort to build something that would promote sustainability and give back to causes that the two of them have championed, including their Why Not You Foundation, a Seattle nonprofit dedicated to education, children’s health and fighting poverty.

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Indie booksellers feeling ‘Boxed Out’ by Amazon respond with campaign targeting tech giant

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The American Booksellers Association launched a “Boxed Out” campaign with creative slogans and installations in bookstore windows and posts on social media. The American Booksellers Association is a national nonprofit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed.

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Facebook Accidentally Blocks Its Own Page in Australia Following News Ban

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Facebook blocked dozens of charity groups, nonprofit organizations, and even random big box retailers in Australia late Wednesday (early Thursday, local time), a move that appears to be collateral damage from Facebook’s ban on news in the country. Facebook even briefly blocked its own page in Australia, according to … Read more.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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