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Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/07/2016

... markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease, researchers from ... Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report today in the Journal of...

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Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues

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09/14/2016

... incomes. The Census Bureau's unexpectedly-rosy annual report on poverty and incomes, released Tuesday, showed the biggest improvement in decades on both fronts. Healthy job growth, coupled with .....

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Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity

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11/02/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Gives NYC Schools B-Minus in Efforts to Increase Diversity New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in the country — an issue that has attracted growing ... attention and...

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The Commonwealth Fund Analyzes Trump and Clinton on Health Care

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11/04/2016

... But the impact on the federal deficit is unclear: The report says it could range from a small decline to an ... account for Clinton's proposal to allow people to "buy in " to Medicare at 55...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that ... are reporting that cost is a barrier to getting care. In 2016, 33 percent of U.S. adults...

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New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance

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11/21/2016

... and hostility that transgender people face every day in America. And now the 2016 presidential election has served ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Patrick Gaspard Appointed VP of the Open Society Foundations

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12/05/2016

... will oversee the Open Society Foundations' advocacy work in Washington and Brussels, as well as provide strategic ... mission, strategies, and activities. Gaspard will report directly to Chris Stone, the...

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We Dine Together: Starved For Company

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03/27/2017

... Starved For Company When the lunch bell rings at Boca High in Boca Raton, Florida, someone always sits alone. That's why .....

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Podcast: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

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04/24/2017

... national conversation about immigration is playing out in communities around the country. Podcast: A Conversation ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years The Ford Foundation is getting ready to open its first office in Detroit since leaving the city in 1953 as it ramps up an initiative to...

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Basic Science Funders – Including Simons Foundation - Ask, "How Do We Know if Our Giving is Working?"

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06/05/2017

... a lot of work—some of the most important and effective in the long term, in fact—doesn’t lend itself to frequent grantee reports ...

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Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

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07/31/2017

Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting The Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics will hold its first Annual ... will...

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NYC Education Department Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services

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08/28/2017

... to students with disabilities, a new audit charges. In the report to be released Monday, Controller Scott Stringer shows ... therapy, speech therapy and psychological counseling in 2016. As a...

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Red Cross Exec Doesn't Know What Portion Of Donations Go To Harvey Relief

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08/31/2017

... are opening their wallets and donating to relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most ...

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NYC Education Dept. Must Make School Cafeteria Health Inspection Results Public

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09/14/2017

New York City will soon have to post school cafeteria health inspection reports online for public consumption.

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Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space

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09/15/2017

... Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space In a rally outside City Hall and in a private email to reporters, Success Academy’s CEO Eva ... the city can approve those requests is at a public meeting...

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Editorial: Long Island Waters Are Dirtier, But There’s Hope

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09/18/2017

... you need to hear it. That’s the case with the recent report on water quality around Long Island. The conclusion: ...

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73% of Donors Worldwide Are Women, and Most Like to Give Online, Study Says

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09/27/2017

... Study Says Seventy-three percent of charitable donors in the word are women age 37 or older, and nearly 60 percent ... prefer to give online. Ninety-three percent of them live in primarily wealthy, developed...

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Why the Trump Admin Opposed a UN Resolution On Killing Gay People

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10/04/2017

The Trump administration has faced some intense criticism this week for voting against a U.N. resolution that condemned the death penalty for LGBT people.

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