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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

... list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the most generous in...

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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

... Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics Many political commentators credit Donald ... obscures another important aspect of racial thinking. In a study of white Americans’...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism It is a truism ... — but disastrous as a foundation for democratic politics in our ideological age. In recent years American...

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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

... attorneys general, journalists and environmental groups in an all-out campaign to defend its image. But the oil and ... fire at the descendants of John D. Rockefeller, who in 1870 founded Standard Oil, the...

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

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12/01/2016

... of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the ...

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Community Development

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

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02/28/2017

... jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC ... School of Medicine of USC, has been digging for fossils in a paleontologically rich area of...

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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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

... Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually A penny-per-ounce state tax on ... sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary. The first group of women graduated from United States Army infantry ... almost impossible to distinguish the mixed-gender squads in the steamy woods from those of...

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Gender Justice

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

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07/11/2017

... reports. This marks his 12th annual donation to the group of charities. Buffett’s gift included 18.63 million ... on Monday. Since taking control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, Buffett has given away more than...

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

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08/29/2017

... into resourceful and virtuous future leaders, instilling in them the admirable traits of citizenship, loyalty and ... The Boy Scouts admitted young men, and the Girl Scouts let in young women — a fundamental...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

... Business Save The World from Climate Change? "We are still in ." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual ... corporate America was not...

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

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09/08/2017

... rebel force and a ceasefire with the last active guerrilla group , the ELN. Santos won a Nobel Peace Prize last year for his part in the accord that has seen the FARC disarm and transform ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant ... competition. The Empowering People Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes...

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

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09/19/2017

... anyway, PayPal and Western Union countered “We are still in .” These corporate titans and at least 22 others were ... those who sought to preserve the United States’ role in the landmark Paris agreement...

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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

... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and ... But the young couple are not alone among top donors in choosing this model—Laurene Powell Jobs...

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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 ... been donated to the country by the National Women's Party in February 1921, a year...

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

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09/21/2017

... night, at the nightclub and circus-arts space House of Yes in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de ... hope to have." The Office of Nightlife and its advisory group will act as liaisons...

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Community Development

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor ... are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit the project with costly litigation. But ... on and driven by one man's vision...

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't ... say the government doesn't understand the time involved in the effort or the...

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