
But the boundary between Texas and Mexico was disputed, with the Republic of Texas and the U.S. Polk advocated expansion by either peaceful means or armed force, with the 1845 annexation of Texas furthering that goal by peaceful means. Polk was elected on a platform of expanding U.S. In the 1844 United States presidential election, Democrat James K. ĭomestic sectional politics over slavery in the United States were preventing annexation because Texas would have been admitted as a slave state, upsetting the balance of power between Northern free states and Southern slave states. The Republic of Texas was de facto an independent country, but most of its Anglo-American citizens wanted to be annexed by the United States. It did not recognize the Velasco treaty signed by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna when he was a prisoner of the Texian Army during the 1836 Texas Revolution. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered Mexican territory.

More information about how we score this metric can be found here.The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervención estadounidense en México ( United States intervention in Mexico), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. Resources to help nonprofits improve their DEI practices can be found here. Charity Navigator has developed a plan to iterate and expand upon our preliminary DEI ratings and will be rolling it out gradually in order to provide charities ample time to incorporate, report, and potentially improve their equity practices. Our preliminary assessment of the nonprofit's DEI practices was developed with the expertise and advice of dozens of leaders in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and is based on the Equity Strategies information collected through Candid's Demographics profile. The National Council of Nonprofits has compiled several resources and studies that document how effective DEI practices can help organizations cultivate staff belonging and motivation, improve management and governance practices, and spark innovation that can help nonprofits achieve their missions.

There is a growing body of research which shows that effective DEI practices can promote a more positive organizational culture, which can influence the nonprofit's ability to achieve impact on the people and communities they serve.
