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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit I n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s ... to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state ’s tenure laws and possibly...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Grant Outreach Darren Walker, who became president of the Ford Foundation in October 2013, says he will restart ... peace and global-security efforts, and increase the amount of money the foundation...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... significance for the ACLU, which is in the early stages of a fundraising campaign that will end in 2020, the gift ... and public education, with a goal to halve the number of Americans behind bars in six years...

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Justice Reform

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

... Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age New York state should raise the age that youths can be tried and ... in Albany, said he planned to propose the recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on Youth...

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ASPCA Cautions Against Using New Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets

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04/23/2015

... industry is blooming in America. The latest crop of potentially lucrative products? Pot for pets, ABC News ... containing cannabis compounds are being marketed to owners of ailing and elderly animals as...

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Animal Welfare

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with the UJA-Federation of New York, is launching a 30-day campaign to push – over the next six weeks – for New York...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

... to an AIDS United press release. The grants are part of the AIDS United Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS), which is marking ...

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Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules

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08/20/2015

... Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules New York State has in many ways been a showcase for things that have gone right with Obamacare. The rollout of the state -run health insurance...

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Carnegie: How America’s Immigrant Source has Changed

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10/22/2015

... a nearly 2,000-mile border with the U.S., is the source of the largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States. But today’s volume of immigrants is in some...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

... George Soros from the country, saying its work undermined state security, Reuters and CNBC report. The office of Russia's top prosecutor said Monday that the Open Society ... Institute Assistance...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

... Awareness About U.S. Fiscal Challenges The fiscal future of our generation is up to us — or at least this is the ideal that a team from the College of William and Mary has made its mission to uphold. The .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan

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04/28/2016

... Power Plan Bloomberg Philanthropies released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes of voters toward the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in four key ... and Wisconsin. In each of these...

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Environment and Climate Change

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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

... New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas The future of Texas is inextricably linked to the immigrants and refugees who call the state home. One in three children in...

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Immigration

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NYS Health Foundation President & CEO Wonders if NY Can End the AIDS Epidemic

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07/18/2016

... 41 Homosexuals.” The story also reported, “The cause of the outbreak is unknown, and there is as yet no evidence of contagion.” It was the first news article about a ... to be the HIV/AIDS epidemic. No one...

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New York Health Foundation

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

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10/13/2016

... Foundation has selected seven universities and their state and district partners to participate in a new ... university principal preparation programs and to examine state policy to see if it could be...

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

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11/03/2016

... 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...

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

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11/11/2016

... flag, appeared in men’s restrooms throughout Texas State University: “Now that our man Trump is elected,” ... sensitivity toward cultural differences, the distribution of the Texas State...

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

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12/09/2016

... for African Youth Irene Kinyanguli, a senior at Arizona State University, comes from Tanzania, where her father works ... But an international higher education would have been out of reach without a...

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NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health

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02/01/2017

... Health New York is home to the fourth-largest population of veterans in the United States. We know that half of veterans returning to New York from Iraq and Afghanistan ... care options are available for...

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