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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library

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09/14/2017

... Last year, the New York Public Library released plans for a total renovation of its Mid-Manhattan branch, the ... the final $55 million in private money needed to pay for that makeover, which will also come...

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Trump Denies He Made A Deal With Democrats On DREAMer Protections

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09/14/2017

... who could face deportation when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is scheduled to end in March. ... border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... crucial technology. Antibiotic resistance is urgent enough for the U.N. to have called a General Assembly meeting to discuss it in 2016 and for the Obama Administration to have created an action plan ...

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

A conversation with Williamson Foundation's ED Caroline Williams explores how the foundation uses adaptive leadership, the framework developed by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice.

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If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

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09/21/2017

... it had reached a bipartisan agreement to extend funding for the national Children’s Health Insurance Program for five more years. The announcement, coming after months of ... marked the first step toward...

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Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan

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09/21/2017

... convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan ... well-paying in a city that is increasingly unaffordable for many. The panel of experts...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community.

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Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... All of them are recipients of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that protects ... the program. Hours later, the president showed his support for DACA recipients on Twitter...

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

The MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, in response to criticisms that the philanthropic sector is too insular, not sufficiently focused on impact, and too risk averse.

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Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks Artists and museums are often in ... pressure tactics. . . Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks ...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/28/2017

... the fact that her children must work and have no time for school. In another family, a teenage son has now been out ...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... birthday in late July. His boss and co-workers joined him for an evening of laughter and selfies, lingering over dinner ...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... found something even better than TV. Since the NPR podcast for kids “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’s ... co-host Guy Raz came to James’s hometown this summer for a live taping of his podcast for...

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Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... in various stages of investigation and cleanup efforts for the three properties when the work was halted. "EPA just .....

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs.

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a ... political saga set in Russia that had been on the calendar for months. As damage was being...

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Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... expired in 2015. As part of the funding extension for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that ... Congress also extended the Community Health Center Fund for an additional 2 years, through...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts The Andrew W. Mellon ... social change. MIA will launch the first-ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts within an art...

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North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants

Release Date:

01/16/2018

... organizations built by New Yorkers who are organizing for new solutions to challenges created in our city by ... We offer these organizations streamlined renewals for up to six years. If they can demonstrate...

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North Star Fund

Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members

Release Date:

01/16/2018

The Westchester Community Foundation has elected Dale Akinla, II, CFP® financial advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of the Board since 2012. Mr. Akinla has held a number of...

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