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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills The Commonwealth ... care in a timely fashion and using emergency departments for issues that a primary care...

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning Self-control, curiosity, “grit” — these ... than intelligence when it comes to students’ success in school. But critics worry that the...

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School President Obama’s November report on Women and ... women face. Girls of color, and African American girls in particular, face many of the same...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ambitious funding drive aims to ... behind Kastner and the initiative, which launched in 2013, boast a history of commitment to...

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How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate

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03/30/2015

... Bloomberg began his national innovation campaign in 2010, while he was still serving as mayor of New York ... percent in key commercial corridors. Atlanta found housing for almost a quarter...

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Community Development

Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge

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04/03/2015

Commonwealth Fund Reports Millions Could Lose Coverage in Latest ACA Challenge The Supreme Court, once again, ... increase dramatically — making insurance unaffordable for many in the individual...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

... foundations must be doing the bulk of impact investing. In fact, relatively few are actively doing it. In her President’s letter issued last month, Clara Miller wrote, “ In 2014, we continued...

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

... art when there is still so much hunger and homelessness in the world?” As a Constitutional Court justice in post-apartheid South Africa, Sachs had an opportunity to ... and beauty cannot be disregarded or...

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Carnegie President Praises Efforts to Amplify World Humanitarian Initiatives

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08/19/2015

... the globe. A recent report from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees finds that almost 60 million people -- over half ... -- have been displaced by conflict. That is roughly 13 times the population of Costa...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations

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09/03/2015

... the national infrastructure and improve conditions for performing artists in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theatre. As recipients of grants from DDCF’s Fund for National Projects...

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Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

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09/21/2015

... a charitable fund to help poor and elderly married couples in the city continue living together, the fund’s officers had to admit they were stumped. Times had changed, and there were now lots of ... lovebirds...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

... and military equipment to Syria. Simultaneously—and not for the first time—the Kremlin has rolled out the prospect of a “Moscow Track” to peace in Syria, marketed as a pragmatic alternative to the failed .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... Century Feminism What does feminism mean to you? For a long time, I did not consider myself a feminist. In fact, for most of my life, I did not consider myself a feminist. ...

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Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use

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11/04/2015

... and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, but over time, many are left ... health, and a majority also had a strong degree of faith in health apps’ accuracy and...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

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11/20/2015

Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance More Americans have health insurance now than at any time in the past decade, but many are finding that even with ... . . Commonwealth...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

... “All Eyez on Me.” Holder is an important character in my book Give Us the Ballot, and on Monday I had the ... part of a fascinating symposium on “Reimagining Justice in the 21st Century” with Congressman John...

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... Health System’s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, are published online ahead of print in the journal Ophthalmology. . . Largest-Ever Study of ...

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