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Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up

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09/06/2017

... it, "like Washington, Jefferson and Columbus, they are part of our country' s history and for some, they are a source of pride and a .....

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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 ... This week we're back to school and the data point is $66 billion: the amount New York' s...

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... To Fight Opioids Every so often, an idea comes along that is so darn good you wonder why no one had thought of it before. Such is the case with Peconic Care, a proposed addiction treatment ... else in the...

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'Hand In Hand' Telethon Raises More Than $44 Million For Hurricane Survivors

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09/13/2017

... celebrities came out in droves on Monday night to take part in the "Hand in Hand" hurricane relief benefit, which ... $500,000, would match any professional basketball player' s donation up to $...

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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

... people seeking help, they advertise online, and Google’ s AdWords program is a key part of that, making sure their names pop up at the top of ...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of a larger effort to have one-fifth of all city ... more prices will go down,” de Blasio said. “The future is electric...

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New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools

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09/21/2017

... students apply to underachieving schools near home, in part because their families often lack counseling that can ...

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New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

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09/27/2017

... across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. From the ... collaboration with Democracy Fund in support of CUNY’ s News Integrity Initiative, to Craig...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

... earners have been growing as a share of this region’ s population, according to the Pew Research Center. Tracy Pitcher, executive director of the St. Paul’ s Center for homeless mothers and their children,...

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UN Moves To Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen

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10/05/2017

... in Yemen has been included in a draft version of the UN’ s annual blacklist for grave violations against children in ... has put in place measures to improve child protection. It is the first time the annual...

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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

... of a $200 million loan planned for Myanmar. The money was part of a credit deal reached with the fledgling democracy ... direct financial support from the World Bank to Myanmar’ s government. The World Bank...

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Ford Foundation and Citi Fund Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture $22.3 Million Renovation

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10/17/2017

... $22.3 Million Renovation The New York Public Library’ s renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in ... Savings Bank. The renovations to the center — a vital part of The New York Public Library...

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Carnegie Corporation Helps Fund An Event That Seeks To Find Oral History Of Racial Violence

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10/19/2017

... Project has a symposium in Birmingham this weekend that is focusing on 31 counties, including those in northwest Alabama. It is part of an effort titled "Resurrecting Their Alabama...

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Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment

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02/16/2018

... A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space. Traveling on a SpaceX ... will land at the International Space Station in June as part of the Student Spaceflight...

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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04/16/2018

... effective strategies back to their own cities. The Award is part of Michael R. Bloomberg' s American Cities Initiative, a program designed to empower .....

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin. Open Society’ s decision to relocate from Budapest is a dramatic and visible statement, but it is only one small part of a more...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and others Redefine Arts Funding

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05/18/2018

... that the arts should be a means for positive social change is easy enough. The hard part comes when organizations—particularly established ... tolerance? How does proposed programming—to use Barr’ s...

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Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow

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07/20/2018

... calories we grow. Since 2016, The Rockefeller Foundation’ s YieldWise program has focused on helping farmers access ... in accounting for food loss and waste. Reducing waste is just one part...

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Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs

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07/20/2018

... Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium a $250,000 grant as part of its broader initiative to aid environmental programs ... support for the not-for-profit museum and aquarium’ s ongoing conservation education...

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