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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... have been identified that almost certainly play a role in autism, and researchers estimate that a least an ... and their immediate families. That's where SPARK comes in . Simons Foundation Powering Autism...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually A penny-per-ounce state tax on ... sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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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 ... leadership, as well as improving economic conditions in the city. "Detroit’s resurgence is a model for what can...

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Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need The ongoing debate over healthcare access and delivery underscores the fact that public health in the U.S. still has much room for improvement. These disparities are...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... almost impossible to distinguish the mixed-gender squads in the steamy woods from those of earlier generations. ... it. After the Obama administration ordered the military in 2013 to open all combat positions...

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Gender Justice

Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

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06/01/2017

... Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects Over recent years, without much media fanfare, something ... fascinating occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. ... succeeds Mr. Barry I. Schloss, who joined the Foundation in 2004 and most recently served as the...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"

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06/06/2017

... Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that was seemingly the death ... Soon after, SeaChange Capital Partners and others took over the organization because we...

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years Millions of American workers in their 50s and 60s want, or need, to keep working past the ... is right: By 2020, one in...

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Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use

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08/10/2017

... Plenty of well-heeled funders are inclined to agree. In fact, some of the hottest names in philanthropy are flocking to support the organization, ... to supporting Measures for Justice to the tune of ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

... good friends on the job can make work feel less taxing. In 2015, RAND researchers, along with Harvard Medical School ... of California, Los Angeles, began collecting data from over 3,000 people from all income...

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

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08/23/2017

... students the higher education they need to compete in the global marketplace. Coverage of “Rethinking College” will carry over to NewsHour online, with original stories from ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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

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08/28/2017

... by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that over the past century, the jobless rate’s “natural” ... an evenly balanced economic expansion—has fluctuated in a relatively narrow band between 4.5% and...

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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

... recently overturned a guilty verdict against an officer in a department misconduct trial. Then the NYPD and the ... has overturned an administrative judge since he took over as commissioner in...

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‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector

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08/29/2017

‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector “I am so tired of dealing with ‘grassroots’ organisations here in Haiti. Unfortunately ‘grassroots’ means no brains and ... and have lower...

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Labor Day: New York Lawmakers on The State of Labor In 2017

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08/30/2017

Labor Day: New York Lawmakers on The State of Labor In 2017 For many this year, Labor Day will serve as a ... reminder of the gains for workers that have been achieved over the decades. Here in...

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Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?

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08/30/2017

Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work? In dental offices nationwide, children who need cavities ... a liquid sedative or inhale laughing gas and once it kicks in , they will be conscious but calmer, so the dentist...

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Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot Elected to lead the biggest city in the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio often seems to hunger for ... murdered. Now he has seized hold of the national debate...

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Opinion: Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes

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09/06/2017

... Woes Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent vague interest in congestion pricing as a solution to problems at the MTA ... will not save our subways. We cannot let them off the hook in search of the perceived silver...

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