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Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison

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05/10/2016

... the injustice of the system as well as the obstacles those who are cycled through the system face when they try to leave ... that’s not the conversation we tend to have about people who get locked up.” Glenn E...

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PhilTalks

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Justice Reform

Former Goldman Sachs Foundation President Among Many GS Leaders Now in Trump Administration

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02/03/2017

... New York City for now, there are a number of New Yorkers who have joined the new president on the big move down to ... Jared Kushner. Some are wealthy Wall Street executives who will be charged with overseeing...

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

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05/05/2017

... Work And Retirement Plans Americans age 50 and older who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in ... to have fewer sources of income for retirement than those who have not, according to a new...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

... people with and without coverage can be biased; people who choose to participate in coverage may differ from those who do not. For instance, people in poorer health may be ...

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Health

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

... a term that has gained currency among Orban’s critics, who see the prime minister as leading an increasingly ... with European Union funds. Soros praised the Hungarians who have staged large street...

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Education

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since ... beginning today. Mr. Kelly succeeds Mr. Barry I. Schloss, who joined the Foundation in...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

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06/05/2017

... of the Boston-based Project are Charles Sennott, who also co-founded the international news site GlobalPost, ... photojournalist Gary Knight and Kevin Douglas Grant, who was previously a GlobalPost editor...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

... time at the club; I was accompanying a friend’s daughter who plays sports there. I felt a combination of dazzle and ... was as if, at any moment, I might be unmasked as someone who didn’t belong. But the day...

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Social Justice

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

... grantmaking. That budget is set annually by George Soros, who ’s given away nearly $12 billion since he got into ... thanks to his skills in financial markets, Soros— who recently turned 85—is now richer than...

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

... women, and it's actually the wives of those zillionaires who often decide where the family's gifts go. Now comes ... said Debra Mesch, director of WPI. “Fundraisers who don’t know how to raise money...

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Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids

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08/29/2017

... time at Mayo. Still, more than 80 percent of the patients who enroll remain through the entire program, says Wesley ... center's clinical director. And many previous opioid users who finish the treatment...

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Health

Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... a positive work culture? Do you consider yourself a person who acts with kindness and positivity? Today’s high stress ... how the culture is shaped – it’s created by the people who work in it. It begs the...

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy For those of us who experienced Superstorm Sandy, watching Texas suffer ... a sense of normalcy. But there has already a debate about who should’ve evacuated and when. Let’s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... public works of art. “It always turns out that those who resist in the early stages, the (NYCHA) tenant leaders, ... Bentsi-Enchill, Groundswell’s youth development manager, who joined the organization in 2015...

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Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

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08/31/2017

... — from 11 million to 19 million women (Exhibit 1). Women who lost their employer coverage had few places to turn. In most states, Medicaid was available only to women who were pregnant, parents with very low...

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Gender Justice

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Executive Director of the Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company

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09/05/2017

... Borough Series, they are honoring “The Influentials,” who are 25 prominent individuals living or working in Staten ... to mix and mingle with people from the borough and people who helped shape the borough...

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The Staten Island Foundation

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... cribs filled with baby supplies to any expectant mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a ... and proponents say the boxes may also protect infants who sleep in them from being smothered...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled through Libya to seek asylum in Italy, violence ... longer journeys. Most vulnerable of all are those who , like Mohammad, come from sub-...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

... stepped in just this past weekend to remove a young boy who reportedly told school officials on Staten Island that ... dispute involving school officials and parents who have sued over treatment of their “...

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