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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

... a more diverse country. It is also a beautiful thing to watch. Visitors from other countries, particularly those ... ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off. Not perfectly, of course...

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Public Policy

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Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change

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11/22/2016

Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change Exxon Mobil, under fire over its past efforts to undercut climate science, is accusing the Rockefeller ... family. The company, which has been accused...

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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

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12/01/2016

City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller ... City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC)...

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said. Biren ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Promotes 'Changing Faces of Immigration' Video Series

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03/24/2017

... becoming the largest and fastest-growing wave of newcomers to the United States. The group is a mosaic and not a monolith. People are arriving ... Many Asian immigrants share a collective desire to...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... care costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan ... in sales once the county's tax kicks in. A proposal to tax sugary drinks in Illinois...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities The billionaire on ... donated about $3.17 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as four...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

... city’s best teams. As his team’s No. 1 man, Juan had to tee off in the first group , in front of a crowd, at the Mosholu Golf Course in the ... his opponent, a far more seasoned player, but proceeded to...

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CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

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08/28/2017

... started by Northwell Health, has asked state permission to withdraw from the individual and small group market, the latest evidence of how hard it can be for new companies to compete with...

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

... Around the time of World War I, two organizations set out to mold young Americans into resourceful and virtuous future ... groups wore uniforms, explored the wilderness and swore to uphold their values. There...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

... the think tank’s founding in 1999. That money helped to establish New America as an elite voice in policy debates ... 2016, communicated his displeasure with the statement to the group ’s...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

... "We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President...

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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity

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09/06/2017

... board trends, but its purview is far too broad for us to manage in the context of one article. Therefore, NPQ will ... this first being the headliner. We mean for these pieces to further both exploration and...

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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?

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09/08/2017

Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War? Pope Francis urged Colombians Wednesday to reject "vengeance" for the sufferings of their civil ... rebel force and a ceasefire with the...

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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... ticking. Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning ... investments and strategies. Some demands were similar to the coalition’s, including...

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Community Development

These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?

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09/19/2017

... Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It? The international climate-fighting pact would create ... Coca-Cola argued. When President Donald Trump committed to yanking the U.S. out anyway...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... Pam Omidyar also have LLCs —and there are good reasons to look beyond the traditional foundation structure. The LLC ... much better vehicle for the kind of multi-faceted approach to big problems that Chan and...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

... women, as depicted, were rather unattractive. Wages and a group of women had been pushing members of Congress to move the statue, formally called the Portrait Monument. It had been donated to...

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With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife

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09/21/2017

... and city employees, de Blasio joked that the soon- to -be-appointed Night Mayor of New York is "one of the coolest job titles you could ever hope to have." The Office of Nightlife and its advisory...

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