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Audacious Philanthropy

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08/29/2017

Audacious Philanthropy Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact ... for same-sex couples to marry in the U.S. These efforts have transformed or saved hundreds of millions...

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

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08/28/2017

... his board—filled with successful businesspeople—should have been more on top of things. In particular, he felt the ... a well-known CFO of a big corporation, wouldn’t have missed a looming crisis like this at...

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Collective Impact Without Borders

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08/29/2017

... approach to solving complex social problems—in 2011, we have deepened our understanding of what it takes to ... geographies and cultures, we would like to share what we have learned from launching and advising...

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Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave

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08/29/2017

... I welcomed our daughter Norah into the world. I couldn’t have imagined the rush of emotions I would feel or that I could have so many thoughts at once. One thing I wasn’t thinking ...

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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... hygiene products. Only 12 percent of Indian women have access to sanitary products. This number also largely ... country, about 75 percent of India’s female population, have far less access to affordable...

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NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker

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09/11/2017

... and aim to open about 20 shelters annually. While some have been met with controversy, others have been welcomed by neighbors and members of the ...

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Women Lose Ground In The New York City Council, Even If Chin And Ayala Win

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09/14/2017

... even if they both survive, next year’s City Council will have fewer women, down from 13 seats to 12 in the 51-member ... are the only two primary matchups in the City Council that have yet to produce a clear...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... Antibiotic resistance is urgent enough for the U.N. to have called a General Assembly meeting to discuss it in 2016 and for the Obama Administration to have created an action plan in 2015. It’s also common ...

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Food Systems

Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline

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09/15/2017

... the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, would have until Oct. 5 to reapply for protected status. But the ... it be pushed back so that the president and Congress have time to fix the program...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... pharmaceutical distributors, pharmacies and doctors have come under intense scrutiny in recent years, but the ... insurers — and the pharmacy benefit managers that run their drug plans — have...

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Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan

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09/21/2017

... class and reducing income inequality in the city. Some have questioned the less-than-ambitious goal -- the city has ... 90,000 jobs each year in the last decade -- while others have raised concerns that the...

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Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... and lets them work legally in this country. They have felt a whiplash of emotions since Sept. 5, when, after ... a deal with Mr. Trump to preserve the program, only to have the White House deny it. . . Back-...

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

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09/25/2017

... shares of Facebook stock in the next 18 months to pay for their work in education, science, and advocacy. Facebook ... stock split he announced last year that would have reclassified some stock as nonvoting...

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Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... to Address Gender Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump ... to economic and racial justice, a core principle. Women have been central to resistance...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... government and its surrounding community of technologists have increasingly demonstrated both the ability and ... benignity, but that those data sets and knowledge should have been available from the start...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/28/2017

... successful couple—a teacher and a judge—suddenly found their world turned upside-down in March 2011, when they were ... as she laments the fact that her children must work and have no time for school. In...

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New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

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10/02/2017

... said Mayor Byron W. Brown. "The collaborative plan that we have put in place in the city is helping to reduce poverty ... much higher than we would like to see and clearly we all have much more work to do...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

... concert halls and allowing these institutions to downsize their ambitions. Mr. Geffen, in a telephone interview, was ... and shameful,” Mr. Geffen said. “New York deserves to have the best concert hall for the...

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Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police

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10/06/2017

... Communities and Police Immigrant communities in general have a fear of police interactions, but this fear has been ... reported in these communities, and recent statistics have unfortunately proven this true...

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Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

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10/10/2017

... ages 2 and 3, and parents like her. Child welfare workers have removed Shantell’s three children from her care at ... New York City for violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities. . ...

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