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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

In a recent editorial, Zoe Baird, expounded on the need to improve education to help better prepare students for the workforce.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Education

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01 Feb 2018

Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join PSFG and the Human Rights Funders Network for a funders-only discussion on the challenges to “locally-led” grantmaking and recommendations for how to overcome them.

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare

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01/30/2018

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction with the health care plan for employees of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

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Health

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

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08/29/2017

A study finds strong links between climate change and the spread of southern pine beetles, whose damage increases the risk of ecosystem harm and forest fires.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...

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Economic Security

Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges

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12/01/2015

Peter G. Peterson Foundation launched a new website that leverages the latest digital tools, helping to fulfill our role as a source for non-partisan information and analysis about fiscal issues and the economy.

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Economic Security

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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U.S. Trust Finds that 86% of Wealthy Adults Prioritzie Giving

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05/28/2015

For the study, adults with at least $3 million in investable assets were surveyed.

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Bank of America Private Bank

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

Principals in small districts receive much less support on leadership in teaching and learning than those in larger districts.

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Education

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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

The envoys gave the U.S. seasoned voices in international negotiations involving complex issues around climate change and the future of the Arctic region.

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Environment and Climate Change

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U.S. Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal Beating

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09/12/2017

Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence a former correction officer on Rikers Island to nearly 30 years in prison for violating the civil rights of a seriously ill inmate who died after the officer assaulted him.

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Justice Reform

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 over the next year, according to current and former government officials briefed on the decision, setting a historically low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United...

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