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The Open Society Foundations is bigger than you think. In fact, it may be the largest philanthropic organization ever built, with branches in 37 countries.

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

... PBS NewsHour will host a Twitter chat on August 24 at 1 p.m. EDT with financial aid officers, policy experts and ...

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Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

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09/11/2017

... lawsuit claim that the Queens district attorney’s office misused a warrant while pursuing a prosecution — a ...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... Care Act (ACA). Prior to ACA implementation, nearly 1 in 10 non-elderly veterans were uninsured, lacking access ... have used more VA health care: an estimated 125,000 more office visits, 1 ,...

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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

Plainclothes agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four men into custody outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender...

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... Education, Stringer Says The New York City comptroller’s office said not all middle and high school students are being ...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... changing, however. The New York State attorney general’s office sent letters last week to the three largest pharmacy ...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

... use her charter empire as a springboard back into public office . . . In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind ...

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At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff

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09/20/2017

... aide to a City Council member is often a path to elected office , as evidence by the victory in last Tuesday’s ...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

... the Catholic Church and a large Obamacare insurer that has 1 .6 million customers. Hoylman in a letter dated Sept. 18 to ... and health as well as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office — said that...