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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... Good luck. The current process of assigning bail is far from scientific. As part of sweeping changes to ... a label: Low-, medium- or high-risk. Bail will be assigned from there, and the ultimate goal is to...

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Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... and programs representing an estimated 90,000 students from 15 countries on 6 continents (all health professions ... and health in the U.S., lead the Consortium, with input from an international, multi-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... Animal Feeding Operations). Animal agriculture benefits from federal commodity checkoff programs that fund marketing ... Liz Hallinan and Ashley Allen Carr, with a $500,000 grant from the Open Philanthropy...

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Food Systems

Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

... Monday, the Guggenheim decided to pull three major works from a highly anticipated exhibition after pressure from animal-rights supporters and others over the show “Art ...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... DACA has created a lot of anger and pushback, including from some prominent corporate leaders. But what are foundations doing to protect undocumented young people from deportation and save DACA, the fate of...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... this new organization with a mission of reducing the harm from smoking. Angry responses to this announcement came from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every influential watchdog group — the Center ... plan by Trump’s USDA to shift international food safety from an office where oversight...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Gonzalez’s decision to eliminate funding for nonprofits from his proposed 2018 city budget said that “recall efforts to have him removed from office have begun and will continue unless the funding ...

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Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police

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10/06/2017

... climate of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many ... to Houston Police Department data, sexual assault reports from the Latinx community dropped...

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Immigration

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

... is so narrow that you could easily hurl a polished rock from one bank to the other. But ever since a century-old ... have required amending the State Constitution, with voters from Rochester to Ronkonkoma...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on ... but unemployment dropped yet again, to just 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent, both lows rarely seen in...

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Workforce Development

As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... plants in the United States, one telling headline came from the Courier-Journal in Louisville: “New York City ... country and the climate movement by shifting emphasis away from shutting down coal plants and...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. ... January with $32 million in seed funding from JDRF, the fund manages more than $60 million...

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Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

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11/02/2017

... to wear your password on your sleeve? Computer scientists from the University of Washington can make it so. A research ... tricks that have been developed for applications ranging from glow-in-the-dark...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste

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11/14/2017

... American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, unveil results from a set of projects demonstrating innovative strategies ...

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Food Systems

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by TD Bank with support from National Grid. To encourage Brooklyn residents to ... on Giving Tuesday campaign raised nearly $275,000 from more than 900 donors... Brooklyn...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

... the resettlement of "at least a million immigrants from Africa and the Middle East annually on the territory of ... by EU member states; the redistribution of immigrants from Western Europe to Eastern...

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The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000

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01/16/2018

... students, teachers, and parents advocate for their needs from City Hall to the State Capitol. The $740,000 in new ... learning English, students with disabilities, and those from poor families," explained...

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