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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Trump Denies He Made A Deal With Democrats On DREAMer Protections

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09/14/2017

It wasn't long before President Trump pushed back after leading Democrats said they struck a deal with the president Wednesday night to pass legislation that would protect the about 800,000 DREAMers who could face deportation when the Deferred...

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Immigration

Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

... place, we must not let this reputation blindside us . The history of racism isn’t particular to ...

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Gender Justice

Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

The author and journalist’s new book explains how antibiotics overuse helped chicken ascend from a local delicacy to an everyday protein, with serious health consequences as a result.

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Food Systems

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... director of the foundation. "The prize was a way for us to get coverage and attention so that we could identify .....

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are ...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... in Washington DC have together committed more than US $13 million over five years to kick-start the IBL. The ...

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New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

... do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...

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LDN Fund Officially Launched

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09/22/2017

... (UNCCD) in Ordos, China. With an initial target size of US $300 million, the LDN Fund is a first-of-its-kind ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

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09/22/2017

Understanding the different giving habits of Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials.

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

For homeowners in flood zones, one big question looms: Rebuild or retreat after another “500-year storm?”

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Environment and Climate Change

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More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help

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10/02/2017

The tipster's account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution.

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Gender Justice

New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

New York state’s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an under-the-radar provision in the new federal education law.

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Education

Six Useful Tips For Nonprofits To Keep Marketing Automation Personal

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10/13/2017

With 79% of top performing companies using marketing automation for at least two years, according to a report by Pardot, it only makes sense that this email technology would make its way to nonprofit organizations across the U.S.

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Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know

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10/24/2017

... studies on the subject of scaling. Broadway World alerts us to the foundation’s Building Audiences for ...

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Arts

Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

A citywide collaborative of nonprofit affordable housing organizations today announced the formation of the Interboro Community Land Trust (CLT), NYC’s first citywide CLT.

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Community Development

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

By funding the library system's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to light a problematic and age-old obstacle to public library engagement: library fines.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

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10/30/2017

After Superstorm Sandy, Rebuild by Design — a design competition from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Rockefeller Foundation — launched a project for cities and towns affected by the storm and residents to come up with...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

Three major U.S.-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction efforts.

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