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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

... the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards, has received $75 million from Michael R. Bloomberg, showing just how much the Far West ...

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Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”

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05/24/2017

Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’ s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy” Leading voices and policymakers from across the political spectrum gathered to discuss the ... us on a...

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... they remove a major food donor, like a mother or daughter, from a bat' s social network, females who previously built up more .....

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Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions

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05/26/2017

... Great Recession, as a new collection of research papers from the Russell Sage Foundation shows, generated ...

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Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results

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06/12/2017

Edna McConnell Clark’ s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results An initial ... also expanding services to reach more youth. Early results from the California 2018 cohort suggest a similar trajectory of...

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Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving

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06/15/2017

... After decades of decline and political indifference, the U. S . manufacturing is getting fresh attention. “American ... and supported bold new investments in the nation’ s manufacturing capacity.2 President...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

... hostility and prejudice. The Rockefeller Foundation’ s $100,000 grant to the New York City LGBT Community Center ... policy changes; and a renewed assault on LGBT people’ s dignity, health and right to pursue...

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SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior

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06/23/2017

... and who attend four-year colleges, their tuition will grow from $6,470 to $6,670 this fall, a 3 percent increase. The state' s community colleges set their own tuition. SUNY officials .....

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Pinkerton Foundation Supports Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017

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07/06/2017

... groups has pumped some $85,000 into the school’ s Medical Scholars Pipeline Program, which sows the seeds of ... 60 high school students into its 2017 class, hailing from Hempstead, Uniondale and schools in...

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

... enactment of justice reforms in many states, the nation’ s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in ... by many on both the left and the right. A new report from the Urban Institute tells much...

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The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health

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07/28/2017

... on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’ s Health The Century Foundation has estimated that 13 ... Yet even because the ACA sought to increase women’ s healthcare, some states discovered...

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Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.

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08/28/2017

Syria’ s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To ... tensions, host governments have discouraged refugees from settling permanently. . . Syria’ s War Created Millions Of...

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... and customers. It was unheard of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U. S . Over the past half-century, however, a more nationalized .....

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Food Systems

Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

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08/30/2017

... Storm That Humans Helped Cause Even before the devastation from Harvey, southeastern Texas was enduring a year unlike ...

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

... laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the U. S ., despite research showing that the practice puts young ... harm. More than 200,000 children under 18 were married from 2000 to 2015 in the U. S...

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Children, Youth and Families

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More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

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08/30/2017

... directly affected by flooding and landslides resulting from the monsoon rains, which usually begin in June and last ...

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

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08/31/2017

New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump' s DACA Decision Thousands are marching in New York City ... that gave hundreds of thousands of young people a reprieve from deportation and the ability to...

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To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”

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08/31/2017

... Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family ...

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USAID Announces Over $90 Million In Additional Humanitarian Assistance To Ethiopia

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08/31/2017

... Green and Prime Minister Desalegn discussed U. S . support for Ethiopia' s economic development, drought response, and food security. ... but expressed concern over deteriorating conditions from...

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