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The Teacher is the Key

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Learning Points Associates, Michelle Obama, Teaching, Gates Foundation, Nclb, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

It sounds like an old adage, but we desperately need to support teachers in the classroom and modify the NCLB Act, which is now up for renewal. Supporting teachers is key to our success as a nation.

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Gates Foundation Gives Black History Museum $10M

AP | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

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WASHINGTON — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Cu...

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Performances, That, Shanghai, Afs, Pakistan, Jaffna, Hong Kong, Asian Art, Vishakha Desai, John D. Rockefeller, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Muslim, Andy Warhol Foundation, Indonesia, Hindu, Vietnam War, Korea, Williams College, Buddhist, Elephant Story, Nigeria, Mumbai, Brookings Institution, Sri Lanka., Robert B. Oxnam, Thought Leader, Manila, University of Massachusetts, Education, Asian Women Leaders, United States, Asia Society, Mathew Luce, Barack Obama, Global Citizen, Boston University, Asian-Americans, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Bombay University, U.S.-Asia Relationship, Hillary Clinton., Youtube, Taliban, India, International Relations, Asian Art History, Gates Foundation, New York News
Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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Being Concerned about 'the Least of These'

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bailout, Viacom, Children, Lobbyists, Foreclosure, Wall Street Banks, Arianna Huffington, Compassion, Gates Foundation, Politics News
Judith Ellis

When I meet parents and children for the first time who have been foreclosed on, it is the look in the kids' eyes that tell the story of hardship.

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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Susan Tenby | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Gaming, Cystic Fibrosis, Avatar, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Gaming Industry, Second Life, Gates Foundation, Media News
Susan Tenby

Virtual worlds can enable a user to experience learning from an inside, walk-through perspective.

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President Obama and the End of Malaria

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, World Malaria Day, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Disease, Gates Foundation, Africa, World News
Josh Ruxin

It is rare that we can envision the elimination of a specific disease. With malaria, we can grasp that end almost tangibly.

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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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Delivering Social Good via Technology as Economy Collapses

Jim Luce | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Carnegie Corporation, Golden Venture Film, Bill Clinton, Thought Leader, Pro Bono Assistance, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Open Society Institute, Mark O'Brien, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Pro Bono Lawyers, Chronicle of Philanthropy, LawHelp.Org, Michael Hertz, Immigration Advocates Network, Tribeca Film Festival, The Golden Venture, Pro Bono Net, Elite Imaging & Discovery, Kirkland & Ellis, Stephen Chen, Legal Aid Societies, Pro Se, Pro Bono Manager, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Debevoise & Plimpton, Soros Foundation, Gates Foundation, Linklaters, World News
Jim Luce

As the economy continues to spiral downward, the need for that long-cherished legal concept of pro bono assistance to those with growing legal problems has skyrocketed.

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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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Who Owns Our Food? Thoughts on a New Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Philanthropy, Biotechnology, Nyc, Organic Food, Panel, Green-Washing, Genetically Modified Food, New Green Revolution, Tom Philpott, Monsanto, GM Seed, Raj Patel, The Green Revolution, Gates Foundation, Green News
Paula Crossfield

We need to stand up for all of those voices who have no say in how their land is developed under the auspices of philanthropy.

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Save The Girls, Save The Economy

Julia Moulden | Posted 03.10.2009 | Living

Read More: CBC Radio, Women, Girl Effect, Davos, Mali, Nike, Unicef, Melinda Gates, Eve Ensler, New Radicals, World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation, The Giving Life, Vagina Monologues, Featured Contributor, Living News
Julia Moulden

The video begins with a provocative statement. "The world is a mess." And asks the viewer to agree or disagree. How would you respond? (Watch video....

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Gabbing with Gates: We Talk Meltdown, Malaria, Mosquitoes, and How Not Getting Enough Sleep Lowers His IQ

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Gates Mosquitoes, Economic Stimulus Package, TED Conference, Ted, Malaria, Elizabeth Gilbert, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Warren Buffett, Gates Foundation, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Notes from the TED conference, and my conversation with the world's most maniacal polymath, Bill Gates, in which we discuss the economy, his charitable giving, and what happens if he doesn't get enough sleep. READ MORE CNBC's Clueless Mark Haines Calls Me "Clueless" on Morning Joe: I Respond Only people like Mark Haines, their vision limited by Wall Street blinders, don't see the lunacy of allowing stockholders to reap rewards at taxpayers' expense. READ MORE Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halfway Across a Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss If we are going to spend two trillion dollars (and most likely more) trying to deal with the economic crisis, shouldn't we do it right? READ MORE Watch: Arianna On MSNBC, Discussing Obama Admitting His Mistakes: "A Teachable Moment"

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Solving the Global Food Crisis: The Case for a "Poverty Czar"

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oecd, Global Poverty, Robert Zoellick, Chatham House, John Podesta, Food Crisis, United Nations, World Bank, Richard Holbrooke, George MItchell, Jacques Diouf, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Hillary Clinton, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Gates Foundation, India, Poverty, Biofuels, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Aid, Haiti Poverty, Middle East, Us Aid to Pakistan, Haiti, Food, Hunger in the United States, China, World News
Bruce Friedrich

Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.

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President Obama's Mother, Hillary Clinton and Muhammad Yunus: Microcredit and Grameen in the U.S.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fundamentalism, Women, Yunus, Microcredit, Indonesia, Gates Foundation, Ann Dunham Soetero, Hillary Clinton, Citibank, Microcredit Loan, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Microcredit is the one banking system that is actually working. What other bank these days is made up mostly of women borrowers and can claim a 98-99% payback rate? Surely not Citibank!

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Gates Foundation Gives More Despite Losses

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

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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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Gates Foundation Sponsors Journalists' Coverage Of World Health Issues

New York Times | Donald G. McNeil Jr. | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, World Health Coverage, World Health, Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Gates Foundation, Media News

A major limitation on journalists covering global health is the cost: getting to a story can mean airfare to Africa or Asia, hotels, Jeep rentals, sat...

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Why Too Many Successions Don't Succeed

Simon Sinek | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Vision, Steve Jobs, Why, Dell, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Howard Schultz, Apple, Corporations, Ceos, Starbucks, Succession Planning, Succession, Steve Balmer, Gates Foundation, Business News
Simon Sinek

There were three words missing from Bill Gates' goodbye speech when he officially left Microsoft in July of this year. They are three words he probab...

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Bill Gates Speaks in Tokyo on Vaccine Development, Building the Global Computer Industry, and Innovative Philanthropy

Sunil Chacko | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Vaccine Development, Microsoft, Goi Foundation, Glaxosmithkline, Malaria, Philanthropy, Bill Gates, Chlamydia Trachomatis, Gates Foundation, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Despite the challenges in designing a vaccine against... the HIV virus, Bill Gates and his foundation poured hundreds of millions into vaccine design and development against HIV/AIDS.

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Help Me Write a Book

Michael Kinsley | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Bill Gates Retires, Michael Kinsley, Gates Foundation, Business News
Michael Kinsley

The notion that capitalism, which is all about self-interest, can be amended somehow to be more about helping others -- and still be capitalist -- strikes many as hopelessly Pollyannaish and bizarre.

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Buffett: "Forbes 400 Are Probably The Least Philanthropic"

Macleans | Kenneth Whyte | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Gates Foundation, Philanthropy, Business News

Nebraska's Warren Buffett is known as the Oracle of Omaha for the savvy stock market investments that have made him one the wealthiest people in the w...

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Gates Foundation To Start $100 Mil Fund For Unorthodox Approaches To Health

Wall Street Journal | Marilyn Chase | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today will start a $100 million fund to nurture unorthodox approaches to global health, inviting scientists to b...

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