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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling ... many women already living on an extremely tight budget, to reconsider usage of feminine hygiene products...

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Gender Justice

A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory

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09/11/2017

... Helpings of Culinary Theory During the course of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But Taste Talks, a culinary showcase that wrapped ... up its fifth annual edition this past...

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Food Systems

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

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09/15/2017

... Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years to come...

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Economic Security

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’s better to give than to receive. But is it really? The scientific ... on themselves. The other half were instructed to choose...

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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard. In 2003, ... Massachusetts agreed that the state should build a system to expand coverage to its uninsured...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try...

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

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10/04/2017

... food safer. (With so many important executive matters to tend to , he can’t find time?) After just nine months of ... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new...

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Food Systems

No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful. Nearly two ... in its school accountability...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students Traveling south about an hour from ... Route 43, visitors roll into Coal Center, home to Intermediate Unit 1, a regional...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher ... of Georgia. The study found that when CEOs choose to invest in CSR, it...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience with Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. ... by...

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Justice Reform

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... However, despite the tremendous value of the HbA1C to clinical management, there are limitations to what the HbA1C can tell patients and physicians about ... practice, as well as in the development processes...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility To bridge the ... and to find ways to...

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Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity

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02/28/2018

This conversation about workplace diversity was part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Our Compelling Interests series.

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Workforce Development

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

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03/08/2018

... provide through brief presentations in storytelling format to arrive at four unique perspectives on the importance of ... ReFrame Mentorship Andrew Quinn, Program Director, Aspen New Voices Fellowship...

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TCC Group Study Reinforces Importance of Funder Affinity Groups for Collaboration

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05/18/2018

... Collaboration Funders are feeling a greater imperative to collaborate with each other and key nonprofits partners, both to deal with new threats and seize opportunities. Navigating all these...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program

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06/07/2018

... the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to put Africa’s youth on a path to prosperity. By 2025, the Jobs for Youth in Africa ... and matching graduates directly with ICT employers, this...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

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11/28/2018

... of power and resources, Edgar Villanueva writes in his new book, “ Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance .” Mr. Villanueva, who ... argues that philanthropy in the United...

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Video: Celebrating 20 Years of Open Society Institute–Baltimore with Patrick Gaspard and the 2018 Open Society Institute Community Fellows

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04/01/2019

... president of Open Society Foundations and ambassador to South Africa during the Obama administration, discussed the challenges to open societies around the world. We also introduced the new...

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