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Signals | August 23, 2021
Decarceration-lens investing gains momentum in public and private markets
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 23 – Criminal justice is a growing part of racial-justice investing. To equip investors in public markets, Adasina Social Capital has built …
Illustrations by Benedetto Cristofani.
Civic Tech | May 20, 2021
Uptrust raises $2 million to help people navigate and exit the justice system
ImpactAlpha, May 20 — San Francisco- and Northampton, Mass.-based Uptrust initially launched to help low-income people avoid missing court dates. “As we have …
Impact Management | March 18, 2021
Kevin Durant is the NBA’s top scorer… for impact
ImpactAlpha, March 18 – A new tool created by impact holding company CoPeace assigns a score to athletes’ positive impacts, starting with NBA …
Dealflow | February 22, 2021
Promise raises $20 million to help people pay essential bills
ImpactAlpha, February 22 — One out of every 10 Americans are struggling to keep up with their monthly bills as a result of …
Impact Tech | February 11, 2021
Workers Lab nurtures innovations for vulnerable workers
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 11 – It’s a tale of two pandemics. Employees able to work from home have been shielded from both the virus …
Scenes from the Party to the Polls in Brunswick, GA | Michael Scott Milner
Return on Inclusion | January 5, 2021
How Georgia’s civic mobilization is rallying local efforts to close the racial wealth gap
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 5 – The impact of the massive voter education effort in Georgia may last well beyond today’s runoff election for two seats …
Civic Tech | November 30, 2020
Lawsuit against Candide Group dismissed in latest setback for private prison operator
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – A California judge dismissed a defamation suit brought in March by Nashville-based CoreCivic, one of the largest private prison …
Civic Tech | November 25, 2020
Why impact investors should double down on democracy funding
The post-mortem on this election is far from over, but as the news of the past few weeks has unfolded, we are seeing …