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Serving those who served our nation

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11/10/2013

... rates of poverty, joblessness and homelessness. Today of all days, it is therefore most fitting to ask: Can we solve ...

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Veterans

Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

... the city's resiliency. New Yorkers expect two things above all from our mayor: to keep us safe and to keep our economy .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Public Policy

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

... health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income level and in every geographic ...

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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement programs. The new task force, ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care

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05/05/2014

... so. And although many would like to believe that all that spending buys us the safest, most effective care to ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

... child marriage differ from one society to the next, but all too often the devastating effects on girls’ health, ...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

... the CDC says. It surpasses the 220 cases reported in all of 2011, which was the most in the post-2000 era... CDC: ...

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Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media

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09/24/2014

... interconnected world isn't necessarily a better place for all journalists. Earlier this month, the grantmaking .....

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Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out

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10/20/2014

... these students become full-fledged docs. Almost half of all physicians (46 percent) report burnout. Burnout happens ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

... Shoppers Group, is making good on its promise to give away all of its money in the next two years. But unlike the ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge

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01/07/2015

... Innovation Challenge With chronic disease rates at an all -time high among underserved communities, the Aetna ...

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

... feds and big companies like Google and Facebook. Cities of all sizes around the world are increasingly reliant on ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage

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02/05/2015

... minimum wage, overtime pay or fringe benefits reached an all -time high last year, with $30.2 million disbursed to ...

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Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

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03/27/2015

... millennials said abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. However, only 27 percent thought abortion was a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Congress Returns from Recess, Resumes Work on Tax Issues

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04/13/2015

... has been disclosed; and H.R. 1104, the Fair Treatment for All Donations Act, which would provide a gift tax deduction ...

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

... at the defining challenge of our time: to make sure that all Americans will be included in this transformation.... ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Education

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... art. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker said all 16 trustees will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board ...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women

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07/01/2015

... civic engagement. In the following profiles we salute them all —and hope that anyone striving to join them someday at ...

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