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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

The Army Infantry’ s First Women The Army has sought to play down the ... After the Obama administration ordered the military in 2013 to open all combat positions to women, the Army ... the Army has taken pains to...

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Gender Justice

To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead One of Michael Bloomberg' s main contributions to the global fight against climate ... Most recently, Bloomberg helped rally cities in the U. S . to affirm their...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

Mastercard' s Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines ... in 210 countries and territories across the globe. In 2013 Mastercard launched the Mastercard Center...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’ s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion In this interview with the Business ... As Ms. Singh details, the center is deploying MasterCard’ s technology, data, and networking capabilities, and its ... and...

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Economic Security

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

... to NewsHour online, with original stories from NewsHour’ s reporting team and partners at the Hechinger Report, ... a Twitter chat on August 24 at 1 p.m. EDT with financial aid officers, policy experts and...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas

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08/29/2017

... Texas are attracting millions of dollars in donations for relief efforts, much of it from corporate sources but ... tens of thousands of individual donors. Hurricane Harvey’ s damage will...

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Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities

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09/05/2017

Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities I came to the United States when I ... here to join my parents, who had already been in the U. S . for years, having...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... of the Take Back the Tech campaign began meeting in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to share resources ... common, many women didn’t know where to turn for help. Even though millions of Mexicans still...

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Gender Justice

Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’ s future, which includes the use of science and technology ... State Department and essentially gutted. Cutting...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

Report Finds U. S . Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace ... tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’ s already large racial wealth .....

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “ It ’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John ... Seattle headquarters will incorporate a shelter for homeless...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

... nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which accounts for 31 percent of all global deaths. Noncommunicable diseases ... to tolerate them at tragically high levels.” Outcomes for NCD sufferers in LIMCs,...

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Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services

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09/28/2017

Opinion: New York City’ s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services For most young people, turning 21 is ceremonious. It ' s a rite ... shelters and move to single...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding at Houston’ s Alley Theatre, actors and production staff were ... continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe...

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New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends

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11/15/2017

... (ACA) effectively and expanding health insurance coverage for nearly 1 million additional residents since the law took ... Within New York, uninsured rates declined more than 40% for most racial groups, age...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government' s Attacks Against Soros Hungarian-American financier and ... The survey asked the voters whether they supported what it called the "Soros Plan" — including the...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’ s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013 . Alexander, a renowned writer, poet, and...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

... Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’ s Best Health Care After the average life expectancy in the United States declined for the first time in decades, a new report is out detailing ... According to...

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