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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

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09/07/2017

When news leaked on Monday that President Trump had decided to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the 2012 policy that granted administrative relief to some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States...

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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

... with Democrats — and Democrats see an opportunity to protect young immigrants. On Wednesday, the president ... funded until early December. Democrats hope the president' s apparent willingness to work...

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Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.

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09/11/2017

Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms.

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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09/13/2017

... Brushing aside objections by ExxonMobil, New York' s highest court has opened the door for state officials to demand that the oil giant' s outside auditor immediately turn over records as part of a...

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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

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09/14/2017

... vulnerable to storms. We also know what we have to do to protect them from flood damage. Yet the work has not been ...

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Community Development

The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

The Fate of NYC’ s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry Recently ... with worker advocates to urge the food industry to better protect immigrant workers under the Trump administration. ... firing of...

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Food Systems

Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September

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09/18/2017

... Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress’ s nonpartisan budget analysts to fast-track consideration of ... aide. The measure from Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R- S .C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ron...

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Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate

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10/10/2017

The Trump administration on Friday moved to expand the rights of employers to deny women insurance coverage for contraception and issued sweeping guidance on religious freedom that critics said could also erode civil rights protections for lesbian,...

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After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim

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10/10/2017

The list of hard-line immigration demands that President Trump said he needs to back protections for young undocumented immigrants triggered a furious response on Monday from Democrats and immigration activists, who gave no indication they were...

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A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

... for potential investors and issuers seeking to do more to protect the planet. . . A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits

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11/09/2017

... Student advocates point to the Trump administration' s ties to the for-profit industry and accuse DeVos of putting .....

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Education

New York Women's Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience

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11/28/2017

New York Women' s Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience The New York Women' s Foundation has announced grants totaling $1 million to ... to build resistance to harmful policies and strategies and...

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

... only to advocate for the protection of America’ s Dreamers and find a bipartisan, long-term solution to the ... in more countries, requires new ways of thinking. That’ s how we’ll continue to change the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

... have wing patterns and colors that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators, and new research by ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

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06/15/2021

... as executive director, Austin served as Bits of Freedom’ s first “movement builder” since 2014, coordinating ... the theory, practice, and policies for advancing women’ s rights and democratic change worldwide...

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It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate

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02/2013

It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’ s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate explored the ... important issues in the budget battles likely to be beset us for years to come. It Ain’t Over – Understanding What’ s at Stake in the Charitable Deduction Debate ...

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Westchester Community Foundation Met $2 Million Goal and has Distributed $861,500 in COVID-19 Grants to Date

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08/03/2020

... has been impacted in unexpected ways. Westchester’ s most vulnerable residents are facing health and safety ... and neighbors. As the community regularly gives so much to us , it felt entirely right that we...

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