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New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

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07/18/2014

New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives The new head of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure says the organization is singly focused these days on its mission of saving lives...

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Susan G. Komen Greater New York City

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Health

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Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

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07/28/2014

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline Of Women in Workforce As economists ... report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers finds that the U.S. is the only developed...

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We're at a Tipping Point Over Climate Change

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09/23/2014

... and economic leaders have come under increasing pressure to live up to their words on climate change. It seems we ... After all, new technology is revealing the impact of our daily...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa The number of gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa continues to ... habitat loss, and disease, combined with a widespread lack...

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Animal Welfare

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Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

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08/05/2015

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth Today, ... resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma and misinformation,” says Ramon Montemayor, father...

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Children, Youth and Families

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LGBTQ

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Carnegie President Praises Efforts to Amplify World Humanitarian Initiatives

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08/19/2015

Carnegie President Praises Efforts to Amplify World Humanitarian Initiatives Every day we are inundated with harrowing stories of desperation from refugees around the world. From those ... recent report from the U...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers

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03/04/2016

Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers Wall Street has recently seen its share of young analysts leave their six-figure salary jobs to join the scrappier worlds of...

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Goldman Sachs Bank USA [Corporate]

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CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

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07/12/2016

... a Raise WAGE stagnation. Income inequality. A lack of quality education. Insufficient training and skills ... Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to believe that...

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Economic Security

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

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08/11/2016

Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year For most kids, the end of summer means back- to -school shopping and hanging...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... consequences students face—especially young people of color—when schools enforce punitive disciplinary ... J. Skiba and M. Karega Rausch, she seeks to answer three questions: • Why are some students subjected...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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Simons-Supported Research Shows Link Between Non-Coded Portions of Genome and Cancer

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09/28/2016

... Research Shows Link Between Non-Coded Portions of Genome and Cancer The human body produces 100,000 or more different proteins. Yet, amazingly, only two percent of the human genome actually encodes proteins...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

... the Ashes, highlights the challenges facing out- of -work miners, and it features groups that are helping them ... new opportunities. With federal budget cuts looming, one of those groups is now facing the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced ... initial $100 million, five-year investment two years ahead of schedule. The firm has been able to...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

... WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic published today finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control ... ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 4.7...

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Health

Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

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08/28/2017

... Broader Structural Shift The unemployment rate has fallen to a 16-year low of 4.3% and may not be done falling. The question is whether ... A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San...

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Economic Security

NYPD Boss James O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources

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08/29/2017

... O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources The secret is out — at least part of it. The city’s top cop recently overturned a guilty ... the name of...

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Justice Reform

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps. Unemployment rates among black ... rate for black Americans is...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a ... the learning loss that often occurs when students are out of school for two months. It’s a...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

... Million It started as a relatively modest (well, relative to where it ended up) organizing of a charitable endeavor, born partially out of a kind heart ... on with the business of...

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