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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s ... for a future career. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the...

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... ever, with a net worth estimated at $26 billion. The bulk of that fortune is slated to go one day to OSF, creating a ...

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

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08/23/2017

... Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education On Tuesday nights beginning August 22 ... they need to compete in the global marketplace. Coverage of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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 ... to Germany in July to speak at a rally during a meeting of world leaders, only to be criticized for leaving New York ... a police...

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Community Development

Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park

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09/06/2017

... Build Wall In New York Park At 7am on 7 September, a group of Mexican friends led by the artist Bosco Sodi will start to ... be invited to dismantle it brick by brick and take part of the installation home...

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Arts

In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration

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09/07/2017

... Offers Mixed Message on Immigration In his seven months in office , President Trump has proved to be the commander in chief of mixed messages. But even for him, the nighttime tweet on ...

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Immigration

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

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09/11/2017

... in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say It is one of law enforcement’s most expansive powers: If the authorities believe that someone has knowledge of a crime, they can — under threat of...

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Justice Reform

Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

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09/15/2017

... I saw what I thought were officers lurking, and a couple of unmarked cars double parked," Damren said. "I didn't see .....

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Immigration

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide .....

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Health

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

... — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new ... hit it off personally,” the charter school leader writes of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one...

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

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09/20/2017

At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff The New York City Council, a 51-member body, ... the Council is faring much better in gender balance. Of the 50 sitting Council members, 24 have...

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Gender Justice

New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

... to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing ... suspension that Mr. Trump authorized soon after taking office . But officials said his new...

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Immigration

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender ... identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. Whether it...

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Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

... students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re ... campuses have not met since President Donald Trump took office in January. Although...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... to tend to, he can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters ... Trump’s USDA to shift international food safety from an office where oversight makes sense (...

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Food Systems

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... Tuesday, a 24-hour giving day that aims to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits. Taking place on Tuesday, ... . #BrooklynGives is presented in partnership with the Office...

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... that build progressive political power in states of critical electoral importance.' The fund has invested $1 ... 2018 mid-term election, which will determine party control of Congress and the 2020...

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Propel Capital

Seeing Is Believing…and Understanding

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01/25/2018

... rooms, convention centers, and even the East Wing of the White House. Recently, our work brought me on my first trip to a prison. The mission of the Teagle Foundation is to support teaching and learning ... in...

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