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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program President Trump appears to be in the mood to make deals with Democrats — and ... immigrants. On Wednesday, the...

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The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

... company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end jobs. Brian Brown, ... Network Capital Funding Corp. opened an office in Miami to scoop up an attractive subset...

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Workforce Development

JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods

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09/15/2017

... Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods JPMorgan Chase wants to do for Chicago's South and West sides what it has begun to ... the next three years to help rebuild and re-energize parts...

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The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits

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09/15/2017

The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for ... fact that the nonprofit in question here is the Committee to Defend the President; its practice of automatically...

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Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September

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09/18/2017

Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly ...

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Health

Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return

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09/20/2017

... new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund was in the middle of a major revamping and that problems in the endowment would “require time to overcome.” That return significantly...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals Many ... or social entrepreneurs should do. But this week a group of foundations turned the...

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New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity

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09/26/2017

New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity An EU-funded index ... measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for ... world, and the most...

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Food Systems

Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

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09/28/2017

... librarians and TV news professionals will make the journey to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television news. With funding from ...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a ... have limited overall growth and the state’s ability to attract and retain growing businesses...

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Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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10/02/2017

... community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive. De Blasio rolled out the federally funded program ... in yeshivas aren’t getting the free meals because none of the food is certified...

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‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

... New York City They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve neighborhood conflicts before they turn violent. ... streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they...

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Justice Reform

9 Million Kids Get Health Insurance Under CHIP. Congress Just Let It Expire.

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10/02/2017

... Program, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, to expire. If action is not taken soon to restore the ... become obvious in schools across the country, with many...

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Children, Youth and Families

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

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10/03/2017

Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII The Geneva lawyer for the heirs of a Jewish woman whose art collection was seized by ... 80,000 euros (about $94,000) from France’s reparations ...

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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

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10/05/2017

... New Obstacles Bipartisan negotiations over an extension of children’s health insurance are veering off course, ... (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) should be attached to the children’s health funding bill...

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Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. ... Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ...

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A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market Responsible investment means ... and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to generate sustainable returns and better manage risk. On a .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package Despite opposition from ... a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of...

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Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings Conservation Center

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10/27/2017

Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings ... challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish and endow a center dedicated to the conservation, mounting...

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