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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

... investors who are suing to stop the $850 million sale. The group of plaintiffs, including heirs of late real-estate ... of interest and refusing to turn over information about the “below-market” sale. The...

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Housing and Homelessness

Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in that age group and almost two-thirds (63 percent) of those who retired ... (63 percent) of future and recent retirees are concerned about cuts to Social...

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Economic Security

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

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10/04/2017

... it’s “very clean,” President Trump sure is blasé about making America’s food safer. (With so many important ... angry letters from almost every influential watchdog group — the Center for Science in the Public...

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Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation

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10/26/2018

... and charitable groups to generate more awareness about their causes, while creating an additional revenue ...

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

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03/15/2019

... system than the term Medicare for All suggests,” the group ’s Sara R. Collins, vice president for health care coverage and access, writes. To find out more about those nuances and the range of private and...

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13 Dec 2012

Awarding Prizes: A Unique Tool for Philanthropic Impact

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8:00am to 11:00am

... and highlight model examples of leadership and impact. Funders have awarded prizes on such wide-ranging topics as ... Presenters Ben Francisco Maulbeck (Moderator), President, Funders for LGBTQ Issues Lois...

In Memoriam: Edgar M. Bronfman

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01/15/2014

... their friends and colleagues for their loss. Learn more about the life and philanthropy of Edgar M. Bronfman. In ...

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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away

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06/18/2014

... Award for Philanthropy. “It’s a real honor to talk about a fellow who is my hero and Bill Gates’ hero. He ... in 2016, it will have given away $7.5 billion to promote education , human rights, science and...

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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'

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08/13/2015

... Now with the click of a button, the Ministry of Education is receiving information about these service delivery problems in real time. This ...

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

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09/21/2015

... The MetLife Healthy Families Program to expand nutrition education and opportunities for exercise at the Botanical ... public.For weekly recipes, produce updates and information about weekly special events,...

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Tickets for Students to See 'Hamilton'

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10/28/2015

... City and then on the road once the show — a bio-musical about Alexander Hamilton with Hispanic and black actors ...

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... less attention than teachers in the national conversation about education . The Wallace Foundation has been seeking to change ...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

... while states struggle to provide adequate funding for education ? Despite the deep political divisions laid bare by ... behind bars. Our prison and jail population has tripled to about 2.2 million since 1982...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a “summer slide” — the learning loss that often ...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... ticking on the future of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s boldest education initiative. His Renewal School program, which ... de Blasio has said that decisions will be made in November about shutting down or merging...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on ... the school’s administration failed to address complaints about bullying. . . After...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Visual Culture Program on Caltech Campus

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12/14/2018

... to explore visual arts. A new visual culture program is about to make Caltech a lot more colorful. From tours of neon ... known for its support of the arts and humanities in higher education . The program,...

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The Pfizer Foundation Partnered With CARE to Help Deliver Catalytic Care to Women in Benin

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11/08/2018

... we focused on a simple question: how can we best deliver education and care for family planning that optimizes local ... began in 2016. More than 34,000 women have participated in education sessions when they...

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