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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

... Bernie Sanders is leading the charge and would create a new top income tax rate of 54.2 percent, up from the current 39.6 percent. Hillary ... surcharge on anyone who pulls in $5 million or more. As...

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Economic Security

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Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation

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06/16/2016

Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation When Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative, she cold-called Alex Karp, chief ...

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Supported by Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees

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06/21/2016

... visit eastern Indonesia's remote Bird's Head region, but a new immersive film brings the crystalline waters and ... Ronald Mambrasar and his 8-year-old son Valen as they explore the protected Bird...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

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08/22/2016

... his hardest to keep his distance from the Syrian war. Even as he has made the case that the conflict can be contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent wave after wave of chaos into...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change As the globe continues to spin toward a future with higher ... yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology...

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Food Systems

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member With a compelling ... link between obesity and economic inequality. His new Pepsi connection raised the question: Would Mr. ...

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Commonwealth Fund, John A. Hartford and Peterson Center on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices

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01/04/2017

... on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs ... adults (1,805 of whom are high-need)...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen ... and generally lead healthier lives than citizens of many other states, but patients here...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project . NTP promotes...

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Arts

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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

... beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in ... new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Such a...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... and exciting stuff happens—complex computer simulations of galaxy formation, algorithms churning through terabytes of ... by telescope arrays. Same thing goes for biologists, as they work...

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise Southern pine beetles are among the most ... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows...

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces While Mayor Bill de Blasio fends off ... Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some critics worrying he...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. If you are not already protected by the program, you are out of luck, although applications...

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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and ... the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local...

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Gender Justice

Immigration

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... Social Media Accounts, Search Histories The Department of Homeland Security intends to monitor the social media ... accounts and internet search history of legal immigrants as part of...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of reducing...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami With the Bass Museum of Art reopening this month and the Institute of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... into this. Wallace’s approach is grounded in the notion of “working in and through” the marketplace of ideas to find workable solutions to complex problems, such as how to effectively train...

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