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  • September 2008

    • Wall St. Disarray Leaves Mess for Nonprofits

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 22, 08 3:39 PM CDT

      Wall St. Disarray Leaves Mess for Nonprofits

      (Newser) - The victims of the Wall Street tsunami aren't all investment bankers and McMansion brokers. Kids with diabetes, residents of low-income housing, and fans of classical music are among those who could take a hit as nonprofits that depend on philanthropy from financial services firms absorb the fallout, the Boston Globe reports. Says the executive director of a school funded in part by Lehman Brothers: "I don't know what will happen." More »

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      credit crisis  • Wall Street  • philanthropy  • nonprofit  • funding  • financial services  • not for profit

    • Chicago School Boycott Moves Downtown

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 3, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      Chicago School Boycott Moves Downtown

      (Newser) - Civic leaders held "teach-ins" at downtown Chicago businesses today to protest uneven education funding in Illinois, the Tribune reports. Educators joined students boycotting a second day of school in the lobbies of buildings including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Boeing Corp. Most businesses said they would welcome the students during the protest, which is expected to last until Friday. More »

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      Chicago  • protests  • education  • boycott  • public schools  • funding  • Richard Daley

  • May 2008

    • $600M Windfall Aims to Boost Risky Research

      Washington Post  |  May 27, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      $600M Windfall Aims to Boost Risky Research

      (Newser) - American medical research got a big boost today, courtesy of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The philanthropic body, one of the world’s largest, committed $600 million to fund the research of 56 scientists that it thinks can change the world. The institute hopes to back high-risk, high-reward research that normal grants wouldn’t touch, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      medical research  • medical breakthrough  • funding  • private donors

  • February 2008

    • Candidates Run the Gamut on Earmarks

      Washington Post  |  Feb 15, 08 2:08 PM CST

      Candidates Run the Gamut on Earmarks

      (Newser) - This year’s presidential frontrunners represent a wide array of stances on congressional earmarking—a term for garnering funds for home-state pork, reports the Washington Post . Hillary Clinton is one of the Senate’s biggest earmark recipients, Barack Obama is in the bottom quarter, and John McCain is one of a handful to reject them entirely. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Hillary Clinton  • Senate  • earmarks  • spending  • funding  • Senate Appropriations Committee

  • October 2007

    • Democrats Vote $150B For War

      Associated Press  |  Oct 2, 07 3:06 AM CDT

      Democrats Vote $150B For War

      (Newser) - After failing to force the White House to bring significant numbers of troops home, Senate Democrats helped authorize another $150 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 92-3 funding approval came as the House planned legislation that will require President Bush to produce a coherent exit strategy for Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Congress  • Senate  • Pentagon  • Harry Reid  • Iraq exit strategy  • Dick Durbin  • funding

  • May 2007

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