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China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change

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09/05/2017

China’ s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change Chinese ... are a threat to American jobs and decided to pull the U. S . out of the Paris agreement on climate change. ... emerging economies and developing...

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Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges

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09/05/2017

Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women' s Colleges Until last year, Ninotska Love would have been barred from attending Wellesley College. She' s an accomplished student who has persevered...

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Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

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09/05/2017

Trump' s Nominee To Be USDA' s Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist The chief scientist of the U. S . Department of Agriculture is typically a low-profile job .....

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Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/05/2017

... of Saturday afternoon, according to an estimate from the U. S . Chamber of Commerce. Sixty-nine companies had donated $1 ...

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New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects

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09/05/2017

... We didn’t need World Water Week last week to remind us that too little and too much water can both be problems ...

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One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

... on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration' s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... a mixture of resignation and resolve. "In some ways there' s a lot of...

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Immigration

Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... participate in the American Dream. Right now, for all of us across the United States, but especially in New York — ...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals The U. S . Department of Agriculture’ s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) ... 52 postdoctoral scholars. Funding is made through NIFA’...

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Houston's Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey's Wake

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09/07/2017

Houston' s Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey' s Wake As the water rose on their first floor apartment, Rosa ... were three years ago when they first crossed into the U...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... and parents and children, which means this affects all of us . It drives the economy: $14 billion in estimated ...

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Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids

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09/11/2017

... of being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’ s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or ... what should nonprofit employees and their clients do if U. S . Immigration and Customs...

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Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications

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09/11/2017

... a tenure-track or equivalent independent position in a U. S . or Canadian institution for at least one year and no more ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time

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09/12/2017

... On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time The U. S . federal government' s gross debt surpassed $20 trillion on Friday, according to a .....

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The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

... a New Jersey-based software company went hunting for a U. S . city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in ... Inc., struck gold in Richmond. Despite the city’ s low unemployment rate, the company had no...

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Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

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09/13/2017

Opinion: Want to Fix America’ s Health Care? First, Focus on Food The national debate on ... question should be: What drives poor health in the U. S ., and what can be done about it? We know the answer. Food .....

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

... teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’ s standardized tests. NYS Allies for Public Education said ... “Although there have been minor improvements that move us in the right direction, we...

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American Cities Lead the Way Amongst 25 Climate Change Projects Competing to be C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners

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09/18/2017

... Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners Eleven US cities, including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York ... ambitious and innovative efforts by mayors of the world’ s great cities to tackle...

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Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks

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09/19/2017

... blasted ashore in August, drowning south Texas in a year' s worth of rain in just a few days, it left behind an ... of life in the Caribbean. But these storms may not be 2017' s deadliest U. ...