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Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees

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05/09/2017

... to millions of refugee children forced from their homes in Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries. But first, Sesame Workshop is doing its homework. In partnership with the International Rescue Committee...

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... cope better with their loss. They score more food than do female bats who only invest in close kin. . . Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help ...

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Health

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

... during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now ... children are finding their way into the water. And in New York City, they are helped...

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low-wage workers’ rights organizations and workers’ centers who organize in sectors that are made up of up 50% women. 2...

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Economic Security

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a quarter of sea level rise ... to climate change. The new paper, published last week in the journal Climatic Change,...

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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change When it comes to mitigating ... the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

... artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. Bearing signs in Spanish and English and chanting for a boycott of Tom Cat bread in New York restaurants, the protesters brought to the fore this question: Do...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

... employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs. In the suit, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in San Francisco, the plaintiffs...

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Gender Justice

Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Should De Blasio Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so ... he deserves for it. The percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty has declined...

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Economic Security

DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

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09/21/2017

... Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5,...

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Immigration

New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

... That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City's housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re...

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Housing and Homelessness

New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan

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10/06/2017

... emissions reductions, meaning doing more, sooner — in New York City’s case, by 2020. … New York City Issues ...

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U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through

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10/06/2017

U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through The Labor ... lost 33,000 jobs last month, the first monthly decline in employment in seven years. Wall Street economists had .....

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Workforce Development

A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

... it means incorporating the desire to make a difference in the world into the investment process. Green bonds, fixed ... are an example of leadership from the investment community in addressing the threat of...

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Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

... CEO Sundar Pichai announced the goal Thursday morning in Pittsburgh, the city where he arrived in the U.S. from India 24 years ago. Pichai also unveiled a ...

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts

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10/16/2017

Globally, millions of young people are being left behind in a modern, changing workforce. Understanding the strategies ... roadmap for businesses and other organizations interested in doing more to equip young...

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will ... publicly alluded to any major strategic pivot, but they do...

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

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06/01/2018

... Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California Among the recommendations of an April ... meet that goal. After years of chafing under pressure to do more with tight budgets from Gov...

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... Here’s Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen’s vision: a woman in the Bronx has perfected her grandmother’s mole sauce ... buy it. But she hasn’t figured out how to sell it. “ We ’re going to teach you how to take that...

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