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Tiffany & Co. Makes Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever

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05/11/2017

... Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever As the firing of FBI Director James Comey swamps ... American jeweler issued a terse but vehement pitch in favor of the Paris climate agreement...

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With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation

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07/12/2017

... symptoms of herpes simplex virus-1 infection of the eye is lingering inflammation of the cornea - the clear outer ... to be present, and these cells travel throughout the body in blood. Now, researchers at the...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

... of President Trump's DACA Decision Thousands are marching in New York City Wednesday to defend DACA following reports ... the end to protections for 800,000 young immigrants in the United States...

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Immigration

F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics

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08/31/2017

... for companies and doctors with legitimate treatments in the growing field. The agency reported actions against two ... it was critical to shut down “unscrupulous actors” in regenerative medicine, a broad...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global ... analyses the impact of this staggering fact, which is based on the AAA Initiative report (...

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Environment and Climate Change

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International/Foreign Affairs

A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis The opioid crisis is so complex and so large — drug-related deaths now exceed ... drug monitoring programs, an approach highlighted in the draft report...

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... a retired officer, who was testifying as an expert witness in a departmental trial, from questions about his own ...

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Justice Reform

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

... low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United States after fleeing persecution in their own countries. The limit, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is the lowest...

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Immigration

Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows Americans who were left ... and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three...

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Economic Security

‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City They have prior criminal records but now aim ... and their tactics helped to drive down crime in East New York and the South Bronx, two neighborhoods .....

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Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads

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10/06/2017

... a new twist: “If you give a woman a menstrual pad…” In all seriousness, the reproductive health of girls and women around the world is at stake, and according to reporter Courtney Columbus, the ... a silver...

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Gender Justice

Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... Reports last week that the number of home foreclosures in New York City had returned to levels last seen at the ... unemployment rate has been trending down since 2008 and is now just under 4%. Housing prices...

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Housing and Homelessness

How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

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05/13/2014

... does the funding commit them to a long-term engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic. Earlier this year, several foundations ...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ambitious funding drive aims to ... years, and has just hired its first president. The effort is getting its start at a time when...

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14 Nov 2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

Registration Registration is required by November 12th. No fee. Members and ... traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century : from labor to civil rights, to Black Power, ... – her willingness to...

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Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

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06/24/2014

... of the 14th Street-Union Square BID/LDC. Berger is chairman and a founder of Odyssey Investment Partners, ... the New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century ,...

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