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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... Why is meat so cheap? McDonald’s sells a McDouble burger for less than $2. A rotisserie chicken costs $4.99 at Costco. ... commodity checkoff programs that fund marketing (“Beef, it ’s what’s for...

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Food Systems

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

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09/27/2017

... is now in the hands of Congress? DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects immigrants who came into the ... these young people has long concerned a range of funders. For example, a few years...

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Immigration

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After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

... Blasio. “At the end of the day, de Blasio, you need to do something about those metal detectors in these schools ...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social ... with the federal education law—and its broader vision for judging school performance—...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... than at any point since the country reunified in 1990. It is hitting lows last seen in 1975 in Britain and 1994 in ... both lows rarely seen in the past half-century. How is it that the aftermath of 2008 could...

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the ... Academy of Sciences secretary Goran Hansson said. Although it may seem like an obvious feat, the truth is...

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Economic Security

Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

... introduced to create a universal charitable deduction for all taxpayers but note concerns about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction. U.S. Rep. Mark ... be available to taxpayers who itemize as...

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

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11/02/2017

... scientists from the University of Washington can make it so. A research team led by UW’s Shyam Gollakota has demonstrated a method for encoding digital data, including ID tags and security ... was presented...

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Science

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... funds that aim to direct capital to companies that do well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, and the YWCA ... $...

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... quo is an important motivator leading youth to clamor for transformative change—if it ’s harnessed productively. 2. Young people are more ... and realize change. 3. Change involves everyone and to do...

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Children, Youth and Families

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North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants

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01/16/2018

... organizing, affordable housing strategies and more. It 's truly a cross-section of the work that New Yorkers are ... organizations built by New Yorkers who are organizing for new solutions to challenges...

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Civic Engagement

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President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF

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01/26/2018

... to Davos 17 years ago. But she said that organizers could do much more to correct the gender imbalance. Baird said ...

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Gender Justice

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... to dominate the national dialogue, the Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a ...

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JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

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04/26/2018

... move up the economic ladder. Through our proven model for driving inclusive growth, we are taking a strategic, ... to expanding access to opportunity, applying its model for driving inclusive growth to help...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

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06/06/2018

... is engaged broadens the scope of Jewish life and learning for all of us,” said Cheryl Finkel, Chair of the Board of ... to both traditional and out-of-the-box learning spaces. It is a true privilege to honor...

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Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible

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10/05/2018

... today announces a $12 million grant to the Foundation for Jewish Camp that will support a new initiative to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities at Jewish summer day ... According to...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

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11/01/2018

... Foundation Board Chair and Trustee. "While we grieve for the victims of this horrific hate crime, the Foundation is compelled to do what it can, as quickly as possible, to support those...

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Disaster Relief

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that ... Van Fleet recommended an investment portfolio for Yvon Chouinard, of Patagonia, that was so...

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot

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05/13/2019

... latex paints. Within 24 hours, all bacteria died except for Bacillus timonensis, a spore-forming bacterium. Most ... “Bacillus is typically innocuous, but by attacking it , you might prompt it...

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