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God Bless America

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Philanthropy, America, Charity, De Tocqueville, Christmas, Living News
Mort Zuckerman

The end of a year always provides an opportunity to think about the true joys of living in this wonderful country we call America. One quality integral to the American sense of community is giving.

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Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rwanda, Anti-Retroviral, Usaid, Global Health, International Development, Pandemic, Unaids, Obama, HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Africa, Abstinence Education, HIV/AIDS Africa, Condoms, World AIDS Day, Gates Foundation, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

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The Right Choice For USAID

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usaid, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Obama Administration, Usaid Policy, World Food Programme, Dr. Shah, Catherine Bertini, Global Fund for Aids Tb and Malaria, Global Development Program, The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa, Politics News
Dan Glickman

The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah to lead USAID is a tremendous choice that underscores the Obama Administration's commitment to the vital role development plays in foreign policy and to the rebuilding of this vital agency.

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The Wall Street Journal on Education: Lies, Myths, and Yellow Journalism

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, KIPP Charter Schools, Ford Foundation, Education, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Teach for America, Achievement Gap, Wall Street Journal, Gates Foundation, Media News
Eric Tipler

Earlier this month, the Ford Foundation announced it was giving $100 million to improve urban schools, a fantastic announcement that the Journal lambasted with a misleading editorial.

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News
Dan Silverstein

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

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Gates Foundation Gives $1 Million Award to Cairo's Garbage Pickers

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Zabaleen, Impact News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

Garbage Dreams follows teenagers whose methods of trash-gathering yield much better recycling rates than Western methods. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has now awarded the NGO profiled in Garbage Dreams a $1 million grant.

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For DPS, History Bites Back

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Education Reform, Denver Public Schools, Tom Boasberg, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Manual High School, School Reform, Small-Schools, Michael Bennet, Dps, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

As Denver Public Schools struggles to pursue a consistent reform strategy, the district is encountering a multitude of obstacles, including repercussions from its history of failure.

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women’s Rights, Global Aid, Melinda Gates, Living Proof Project, Bill Gates, Diane Tucker, Global Health Care, Childhood Vaccinations, Vaccinations, Small Business, Warren Buffet, Italy, Foreign Policy, Philanthropy, HIV/AIDS, International Philanthrophy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Health, Africa, HIV Prevention, Somalia, Health Care, Inside DC, Sidney Harman Shakespeare Theatre, Global Health, Gates Live Webcast, Media Criticism, Billionaires, Newspapers, Diane Tucker Gates, Bill Gates Washington, Bill Gates, Shakespeare, Impact News
Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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Bill and Melinda Gates Share "Impatient Optimism" Via Webcast

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: U.S. Investment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, The Living Proof Project, Webcast, Melinda Gates, Global Health Initiative, Impact News

Although the U.S. sends billions of dollars to other countries in foreign aid each year, Bill and Melinda Gates understand it's hard to wrap our minds...

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Melinda Gates: Our Efforts Around The World Are Working

Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Health, Ethiopia, Melinda Gates, Vaccines, Impact News

From Melinda Gates on ONE: This week, I'm in Washington with Bill to do something that might seem unusual: say 'thank you.' We're saying thanks to th...

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From Chewing Gum To Chocolate: 76 Innovations To Improve Global Health Backed By Gates Foundation

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Developing World, Developing Countries, Pneumonia, World Health, Malaria, Bill Gates, Global Poverty, Tuberculosis, Living News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 76 projects using innovative ideas from chewing gum to chocolate to improve global health, and that of ...

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Google Founder Sergey Brin Donates $1 Million To HISA, Jewish Charity That Helped Family Relocate

New York Times | STEPHANIE STROM | Posted 10.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Russia, Anti-Semitism, Sergey Brin, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HISA, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Google, Technology News

Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google. Thirty years ago today, Sergey Brin, a 6-year-old Soviet boy facing an ...

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Howard Buffett Using Fortune For South African Cheetah Reserve

The New York Times | CELIA W. DUGGER | Posted 10.24.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Philanthropy, Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett, Cheetahs, South Africa, Impact News

The New York Times: "THERE they are!" exclaimed Howard G. Buffett, the Illinois corn farmer, philanthropist and down-home son of one of the world's r...

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Learning From Norman, and Feeding the World

Jocelyn Zuckerman | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Norman Borlaug, World Hunger, United Nations, Bill Gates, Norman Borlaug Dead, Norman Borlaug Dies, The Green Revolution, World News
Jocelyn Zuckerman

If the world learned to feed itself half a century ago, why are there now more hungry people than ever before?

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Thirteen Years After Hillary Told Us "It Takes A Village," Melinda Gates Reminds Us That She Was Right

Keli Goff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S. Schools, Melinda Gates, Get Schooled, Dropout Rates, Politics News
Keli Goff

I had a chance to speak with Melinda Gates about why the issue of a burgeoning school dropout epidemic is so dear to her heart.

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Bill Gates Blogs For Gizmodo

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Gizmodo, Celebrity Bloggers, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Media News

Tech blog Gizmodo's recent "Gizmodo '79" series of posts, which took a look at the state of the computer industry thirty years ago, seems to have put ...

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Could This Be Africa's Next Cash Crop?

Lola Olley | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Uganda, Developing World, Africa, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Bill-and-Melinda-Gates-Foundation, Burundi, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, World News
Lola Olley

Cassava can be made into everything from flour to tapioca and could create a positive domino effect in Africa with economic empowerment leading to a reduced need for foreign food aid.

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On World Malaria Day, Commitment to Malaria Continues Despite Tough Economic Times

Richard Chin | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, Treatment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Artemisinin, Procurement, OneWorld Health, World News
Richard Chin

The magnitude of eradicating malaria can seem daunting, but there are important short-term and long-term efforts that anyone can support on World Malaria Day and every day.

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Why I Wrote Showing Up for Life

Bill Gates, Sr. | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Showing Up for Life, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Senior, Gates Foundation, Living News
Bill Gates, Sr.

I've lived through a Depression, the second World War, and a Cold War that led us to the brink of a third. But like my son, I am an optimist.

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Gates Foundation, Viacom Partner For "Message Placement" On TV Shows

New York Times | Tim Arango and Brian Stelter | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation Popular Culture, Bill Gates TV, Viacom, Bill Gates, Gates Foundation Viacom, Gates Foundation TV, Gates Foundation, Message Placement, Media News

Now the Gates Foundation is set to expand its involvement and spend more money on influencing popular culture through a deal with Viacom, the parent c...

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Melinda Gates Dishes To Vogue

Vogue | Michael Specter | Posted 03.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates Interview, Vogue, Melinda Gates Vogue, Melinda Gates, Business News

Melinda French Gates may be the most ambitious woman on Earth; she certainly has some of the most profound ambitions. "We are trying to solve hunger i...

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Gates Foundation Gives More Despite Losses

Wall Street Journal | ROBERT A. GUTH | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Gates Foundation, Business News

In a letter inspired by billionaire Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders, Bill Gates issued a 20-page look at the state of his foundation, s...

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Create Jobs Now, but Build Skills for the Future

Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, U.S. Economy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infrastructure, Global Economy, College, Economy, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Skilled US Workers, Barack Obama, Business News
Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins

Unless the stimulus can be leveraged to revitalize our education and workforce systems, the downturn will likely accelerate the recent trend in which the only good jobs go to those who have training beyond high school.

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Washington Network Watch: Learning from Bill

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Clinton Global Initiative, State Department, Obama's Cabinet, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Ngo, Cgi, Funding Non-Profits, United Nations, Non-Profits, Obama Administration, Obama State Department, Bill Gates UN Keynote Speech, Sustainability, Politics News
Bradley W. Bloch

Obama's State Department needs to have a core of career diplomats, yes, but it should also draw heavily from the new generation of bottom-line entrepreneurial leaders.

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Let's Get Creative: Why Not Ask Bill Gates to be Secretary of Education?

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Department of Education, Secretary of Education, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Bill Gates is not considered partisan nor ideological nor beholden to any interest group, so it would difficult to deny his proposals by raising suspicions on any of those grounds.

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