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Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas

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07/11/2016

One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U.S. citizens—has a foreign-born parent.

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Immigration

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to Mayo Performing Arts Center 2016-2017 Season

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11/03/2016

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey.

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Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election

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11/11/2016

Since the election of Donald J. Trump, a series of racially motivated episodes have occurred at schools and colleges across the United States.

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

The MasterCard Foundation’s scholarship program funds high school and higher education for thousands of students from Africa.

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Queens Theatre is launching its Winter/Spring 2017 Season with a diverse array of presentations, including the acclaimed Dance Company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers and a new Queens Theatre production of the...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

... Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges States could save money and increase college-graduation rates ... public colleges, comes at a time when a growing number of states are providing the...

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Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation

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05/23/2017

Despite decades of educational reform and legal efforts, many U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation. The new generation of school choice policies adopted in response to legal decisions may actually be increasing school inequalities,...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

... of Time Despite the enactment of justice reforms in many states , the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped ...

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Justice Reform

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

... Normally, someone seeking better prospects in the United States would wait several years to be admitted. But Ms. ... number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the...

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Immigration

How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... explains in an article for Strong Towns, agricultural states now grow or raise food that’s sent out of state for ...

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Food Systems

Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... is known, has allowed 800,000 people brought to the United States as children without documentation to fully participate ... American Dream. Right now, for all of us across the United States , but especially in...

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Immigration

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated that state and local officials need to take the reigns and steer their community toward economic growth by funding access to childcare.

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Economic Security

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A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... can reduce the overuse of narcotics — but that many states have adopted relatively weak versions. . . A Helpful ...

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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

Calling schools “the breeding ground” for dangerous gangs like MS-13, Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday announced state police will be going into schools to combat the problem.

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Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

Federal regulators have overruled New York state's denial of a key permit for a pipeline expansion fueling a $900 million power plant under construction.

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Environment and Climate Change

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has steadily expanded the city’s interpretation of a state law that bars public disclosure of the personnel records of police officers, firefighters and corrections officers.

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Justice Reform

JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

After a lengthy debate, a majority of the commissioners of the state’s lobbying and ethics watchdog panel again found on Tuesday that the New York Civil Liberties Union must disclose donors to its state lobbying efforts.

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

Called the NH Humanities Collaborative, the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports the...

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Economic Security

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Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly...

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