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Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s America

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12/12/2016

... in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’ s America U. S . Syria policy had been due for a major rethink, even before ... Islamic State and other jihadists now inside Syria— have...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds graduate from ... is being coordinated by the nonprofit Aspen Institute’ s College Excellence Program and...

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... Hunters Discover New Primate Species Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to ... in northern India for six years. Although paleontologists have scoured this region for a century...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation' s SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 genes have been identified that almost certainly play a role in .....

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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

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07/11/2017

... the Visual Arts, which gives it access to much of Warhol’ s work. Flavor Paper borrows a wide variety of imagery from ... Some papers, such as Flowers, Elvi and the new Ali, have a distinctly Warhol feel...

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Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders

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07/25/2017

... Just as parents are not the root of all their children’ s problems, a single gene mutation can’t be blamed for ... P. Coba created the first map that highlights the brain’ s network of protein associations. It...

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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 ... Securing the right for same-sex couples to marry in the U. S . These efforts have...

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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 ... transparency into the process. Under the administration' s plan,...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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09/14/2017

... Council seats. But 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 ...

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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 ... to have created an action plan in 2015. It’ s also common enough that...

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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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Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan

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09/21/2017

Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio' s Jobs Plan An expert panel convened at The New School on ... for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s plan to create 100,000 “good-paying” jobs in the next...

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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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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet' s vast and churning piles of information, there are pieces ... government and its surrounding community of technologists have increasingly demonstrated...

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After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

... about those metal detectors in these schools that have high school kids,” said Tammy Carey, a mother who ... officials agreed that such weapon-scanning devices would have intercepted the spring-loaded...

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Education

The Fatal Stabbing In A Bronx Classroom Was Horrific — But Also Extremely Rare

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09/28/2017

... Conservation are still coming in, but city officials have confirmed that two teenage students were stabbed during ... for 25 years, officials said. And though Wednesday’ s events have put...

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

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10/02/2017

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo' s Fight Against Child Poverty While poverty remains a big ... said Mayor Byron W. Brown. "The collaborative plan that we have put in place in the city is helping...

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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

... said give sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes. ICE officials said that the sweep, ... a stinging rebuke to sanctuary cities, several of which have passed ordinances or policies...

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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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