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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There' s an Effort to Change That Teachers sit at square tables in a ... sources about the civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. There' s his 1987 obituary in The...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

What’ s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding What' s The Data Point? Episode 11 - $66 billion - a Back to School ... of State Studies Dave Friedfel discuss school funding: how...

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... will help add knowledge in this vital field of how the brain deals with addiction. By teaming together, ...

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Health

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

... addressed a range of topics, including a focus on how social entrepreneurs would help achieve the SDGs. Watch ...

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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09/13/2017

... Brushing aside objections by ExxonMobil, New York' s highest court has opened the door for state officials to demand that the oil giant' s outside auditor immediately turn over records as part of a...

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New York City Education Department to Improve Response to Public Record Requests

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09/14/2017

... responses to public records requests, New York City’ s education department says it will provide more realistic ... estimate” within 20 days of acknowledging a request of how long it will take to respond,...

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... funds, including a recommended 10-year limit on how long funds could remain in a donor-advised fund before ...

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Unorthodox CEO Reinvigorates Decades-Old Jewish Charity

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09/18/2017

... time here at JDC, were you Jewishly involved, and if so, how ?" . . . Unorthodox CEO Reinvigorates Decades-Old Jewish .....

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Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... help—are doing much better these days. The question is how much credit he deserves for it. The percentage of New ... second year in a row, according to data released by the U. S . Census Bureau last week and...

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A Baseline for Success: Creating Sustainable PPPs

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09/22/2017

... learning, improvement, and replication opportunities. It’ s also important to consider how the political and partnership landscape may evolve over ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... concrete recommendations and catalyze a conversation about how to change the industry with an eye toward scale. . . ...

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New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity

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09/26/2017

... next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making food systems more ...

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Food Systems

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

... agree with Miss Manners that you shouldn’t ask people how much money they make, especially if they’re job candidates. States and cities across the U. S . are banning employers from asking prospective staff...

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

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09/28/2017

... said he’ll tell transit agency board members next month how he plans to pay for his $836 million subway action plan, ...

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Community Development

Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?

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10/04/2017

Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success? How much sleep do you get each night during the school year? ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan

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10/06/2017

... Bill de Blasio has released a comprehensive plan outlining how New York City will attempt to comply with the goal of ... meaning doing more, sooner — in New York City’ s case, by 2020. … New York City Issues...

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The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

Release Date:

01/05/2018

... & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their ...

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A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

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01/12/2018

A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’ s Rajiv Shah Rajiv Shah took the helm of the Rockefeller ... Obama, where he reshaped the $20 billion agency’ s operations by elevating the importance of innovation...

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