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Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists

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01/18/2017

... Journalists Months before actress Meryl Streep's plug at the Golden Globes for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Donald Trump was on the group's radar for his contempt ...

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The Limits Are Your Freedom

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02/15/2017

... seems more intense than ever, therefore every staff member at every level should consider investing in a refresher on ... legislation. Foundations are legally entitled to advocate for or against administrative...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... Foundations that were instrumental in building the case for the Affordable Care Act seven years ago don’t want ... push like the one progressive foundations made when the law was being created. Atlantic...

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Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits

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03/24/2017

... attempt by conservative Republicans to dump standards for health benefits in plans sold to individuals would ... excluding the gravely ill, and putting consumers at greater financial risk if they need care.....

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 law that created the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, one of the...

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Furthering Conflict with George Soros, Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs

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06/13/2017

... Hungary's parliament approved on Tuesday strict new rules for non-government organisations with foreign funding in a ... and human rights groups to drop the bill, it passed a law drafted by right-wing...

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Commonwealth Fund: CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: 22M Americans Uninsured & Sharp Increases in Premiums for Elderly

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07/03/2017

... 22M Americans Uninsured & Sharp Increases in Premiums for Elderly This week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ... the Affordable Care Act. If the bill were to become law , CBO projects that 22 million...

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

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07/13/2017

... decades still are locked up, and there is little hope for many of them to get out soon. The key phrase used by ...

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Justice Reform

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

... she was an evangelical Christian. Her father was jailed for his beliefs. Today, she said, “there’s not a lot of ... her husband, their seven children and a daughter-in- law arrived here in Vancouver in May...

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Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

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08/31/2017

... From Landlord Harassment Mayor de Blasio signed into law a package of 18 bills aimed at protecting tenants whose landlords use construction as a ... definition of harassment and increase the civil penalties...

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Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States

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09/07/2017

... Congress was busy bickering over repealing the health law , officials in red and blue states worked frantically to ... describe. Every enrollee in the nation is poised to have at least one coverage option this...

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City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

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09/08/2017

City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults ... the shelters for 120 days, up from 30 days under current law . Another bill...

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Edith Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88

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09/14/2017

... Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88 Edith Windsor loved Thea Spyer. For nearly half a century, the two were partners and ... in estate taxes. That is, until Windsor fought the ...

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... in response to a proposal outlined in a July letter by two law professors, Ray Madoff, director of the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College, and Roger Colinvaux of Catholic University in...

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Health Bill Appears Dead as Pivotal G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition

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09/26/2017

... that Republicans would not have the votes they need for passage. The announcement by the senator, Susan Collins ... by Republicans in the Senate to make one more attempt at repealing the health law...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

... rate to an all-time low of just six percent. Through this law , millions of New Yorkers have been able to enroll in high ... coverage brings economic stability and alleviates stress for low- and moderate-income...

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

... having found no evidence that the agency had broken the law . . . 'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On .....

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Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII

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10/03/2017

... Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII The Geneva lawyer for the heirs of a Jewish woman whose art collection was ... euros (about $94,000) from France’s reparations fund for victims of anti-Semitic laws under the...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... which were linked to a significant pay increase for all city elected officials, including a salary bump from $112,500 to $148,000 for City Council members, were approved by Mayor Bill de ... process of...

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