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Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community

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08/22/2017

... Finland. I’ll try to move back to grace and humor, but it may take a while. It is difficult to do so when my organization’s work is to develop leaders of ...

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.

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Education & Youth

Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools

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08/31/2017

... Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting for Manhattan’s Public School 191 campus, Fariña said she ... other neighborhoods. “Right now, we want to be able to do what we’ve done in District 3, in...

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... Access Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated that state and local officials need to ... strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a quarter of sea level rise ... lawsuits and shareholder resolutions seeking to account for their contributions to climate...

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Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids

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09/11/2017

Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids Increased ... worried that those clients may stop seeking services for fear of being swept up in a deportation raid. President ... So what...

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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

... playbook that takes weeks to write. You don’t have time for that, and you have to work with a lot of moving pieces ... your team. So what’s the busy, frustrated strategist to do ? . . . The Back-of-the-Envelope...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men Three women who worked at Google ... employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs. In the suit, which was filed...

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Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... these days. The question is how much credit he deserves for it . The percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty has declined significantly for the second year in a row, according to data...

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Economic Security

Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

... Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy is much different today from what it once was back when films like Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing highlighted the neighborhood. In the midst ...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

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09/21/2017

... because President Trump plans to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals unless Congress acts before March 5th. ... whose authorizations expire before March 5th can reapply for two more years of DACA...

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 ... with the small band of opponents who had tied up his plans for a $250 million park and cultural...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... more important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-based approach is reflected in the search for the intersection of desirability ( do people...

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How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?

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09/26/2017

... has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged. Fewer Americans are marrying over all, and whether they do so is more tied to socioeconomic status than ever before. ...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success How do you judge how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? ... "student success or school quality" — and the law leaves it to states to decide...

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Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill

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09/27/2017

... of Republican senators. “We are not going to be able to do that this week, but it still lies ahead of us, and we haven’t given up on ...

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Health & Human Services

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?

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09/27/2017

Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State? Your lawyer might agree ... an attempt to foster pay equity among men and women. But it may take time for the bans to be clearly defined. ... LLP in...

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New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City's housing court in ... eviction cases have lawyers. Just 27 percent of tenants do . . . New York Is Betting $155 Million That...

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Housing and Homelessness

New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan

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10/06/2017

Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a comprehensive plan outlining how New York City will attempt to comply with the goal of curbing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Environment & Sustainability

A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

... returns and better manage risk. On a human level, it means incorporating the desire to make a difference in the ... this article provides an overview of the green bond market for potential investors and...

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