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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

Bloomberg’ s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal ... As left-leaning and moderate donors and foundations alike have scrambled to respond to the Trump agenda, they’ve ... done so through the...

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What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean

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09/08/2017

What It' s Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in ... of the cabin: “All stations, all stations.” Then it’ s only belt buckles clanging and zippers being pulled as ... to patrol an area...

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Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere

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09/11/2017

... in 2016 than in 2011, according to a new report. New York' s unemployment rate is at 4.8 percent and more than 9 million ... state. Downstate areas like New York City and Long Island have shown a lower...

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Economic Security

Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids

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09/11/2017

... immigration agents to deport undocumented immigrants have nonprofit officials worried that those clients may stop ... of being swept up in a deportation raid. President Trump’ s decision to end Deferred Action...

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Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications

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09/11/2017

... Among other eligibility requirements, applicants must have held a tenure-track or equivalent independent position in a U. S . or Canadian institution for at least one year and no more ...

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Albany Lawmakers Extend Benefits To Vets Discharged For LGBT Identity

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09/12/2017

... to discharged LGBT veterans in Albany County, they don’t have to worry about being denied benefits due to their sexual ... veterans who were discharged under the federal government' s Don't Ask Don’t...

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Gender Justice

New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

New York’ s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a ... prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’ s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed ... move could open the...

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Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive

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09/14/2017

... be posted in the 10 Suffolk County schools believed to have the highest incidents of gang-related activity. Suffolk ...

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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

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09/14/2017

... waterways are vulnerable to storms. We also know what we have to do to protect them from flood damage. Yet the work ...

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Community Development

A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle

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09/14/2017

... and he didn’t solve it.” “People thought that I must have been cursed,” the father of nine added, clutching his ...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

The Fate of NYC’ s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry Recently ... firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’ s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. Bearing signs in ... brought to the...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

... in San Francisco, the plaintiffs say Google knew or should have known about the pay disparity between men and women at ...

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’ s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’ s Next? In a recent Tuesday morning, Schools Chancellor ... investments the city has made in dozens of schools that...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

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09/18/2017

... or numbness of neuropathy slow down her fight for Harlem’ s public schools. Armed with a petition to demand that the education department staff her neighborhood’ s school with librarians — as it’ s...

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Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return

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09/20/2017

... return for its most recent fiscal year. The endowment’ s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund was ... nonprofit organizations. And while many of the nation’ s largest endowments have...

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JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

... debate, a majority of the commissioners of the state’ s lobbying and ethics watchdog panel again found on Tuesday ... the commissioners of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics have ruled that the NYCLU must...

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Seven Elements of A Results-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility Program

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09/21/2017

... Beyond generating profit and employing people, businesses have the ability to be the leading drivers of change by ...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U. S . education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks who ...

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Seven Elements of a Results-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility Program

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09/26/2017

... Beyond generating profit and employing people, businesses have the ability to be the leading drivers of change by ...

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