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Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days

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08/29/2017

Seaport Museum' s 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days One of the South Street Seaport Museum’ s most prized possessions is set to undergo a major .....

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U. S . Forests as Temperatures Rise Southern pine beetles are among the most destructive insects invading North America' s pine .....

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

... loss can be overwhelming, and the acts of everyday heroism are profoundly inspiring. As of this writing, the water is ... at risk. Recovery efforts are slowly underway and there’ s no...

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Community Development

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

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09/05/2017

... director, Staten Island Foundation, as one of the most influential individals living or working in Staten ... Island for the last stop of its Borough Series, they are honoring “The Influentials,” who ...

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Artists Behind ‘Tribute in Light’ 9/11 Memorial Continue to Inspire: ‘People Could Start Looking Up Again’

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09/11/2017

... of the attacks every year since. The installation’ s collection of 88 beams will illuminate the night sky above ... stretch four-miles-high. The display has become one of the most recognized and unique public...

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How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’s Revival

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09/11/2017

How JPMorgan Chase Is Fueling Detroit’ s Revival There are two kinds of storefronts on this stretch of Detroit’ s ... Road: Boarded-up and “Why isn’t this boarded up?” Most of...

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Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

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09/12/2017

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data Several months ... Florida and Texas. The anecdotes about failed charters are real, but they’re not the norm.” The most striking...

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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

... high levels of abuse, trafficking and exploitation. Some are more vulnerable than others: those travelling alone, ... levels of education and those undertaking longer journeys. Most vulnerable of all ...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... infection after a minor injury in a firehouse in 1938. Most people back then, she tells the audience, didn’t die ... to have created an action plan in 2015. It’ s also common enough that many parents now think...

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Food Systems

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... the media mogul Barry Diller, whose corporate headquarters are nearby, to cover most of the construction and operational costs; he brought in ... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’...

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After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... wildfires raged in California. Early in Mother Nature’ s most recent season of discontent, donations from everyday ... and raises disaster relief money. He says Americans are incredibly...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’ s schools opened their doors for the new year this month, the ... of millions of dollars to turn around the city’ s most troubled...

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... Says Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually ... of children reach young adulthood without even the most basic life skills,” write the report’...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... their house files — even their lapsed donor files — are among the most valuable sources of names for their campaigns. Karen ... knowledge. So when success rates for the organization’ s...

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Online Giving Up, But Overall Giving Declines

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10/03/2017

... conversely, went up by 9.8 percent when the two periods are compared. Large organizations, defined as those with $10 million or more in revenue struggled the most overall, down 2.4 percent, but had the biggest...

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

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10/05/2017

... The media mogul David Geffen, one of the cultural world’ s leading philanthropists, attacked wealthy New Yorkers on ... a “shameful” record of failing to donate to the city’ s concert halls and allowing these...

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

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10/05/2017

New York’ s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state’ s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an ... earned by only about 4 percent of graduating students. ( ...

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, ... of losing pushed people toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’ s New York City’ s most generous borough this holiday season with #BrooklynGives ... the donation challenge in support of 20...

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