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John D Rockefeller

100 Years Of Success, Controversy For Rockefeller Foundation

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact

NEW YORK — For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: "To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the ...

PHOTOS: The Incredible Tale Of How A Mom Changed Florida Forever

Posted 05.12.2013 | Miami

Did you know Miami has a mom? It's true! Julia DeForest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," is widely recognized as the only female founder of a major ...

Lance Armstrong Has Done More Good Than Bad For Nonprofit Sector

Paul Clolery | Posted 03.24.2013 | Impact
Paul Clolery

Lance Armstrong admitted that he might have cheated to win a few bicycle races. Meanwhile, the LIVESTRONG brand he created is being tarnished, the nam...

Bar Harbor In Autumn

Susan Fogwell | Posted 11.07.2012 | Travel
Susan Fogwell

The summer crowds are gone on Mount Desert Island, and Bar Harbor with its six six distinctive villages, is gearing up for the just-around-the-corner leaf peeping season.

Anarchists, Cops, the Super Rich -- It's New York 100 Years Ago

Rick Ayers | Posted 07.22.2012 | Books
Rick Ayers

In More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy, many will find parallels to the current social crises, from the upheavals of Occupy Wall Street to the manipulations of the super rich.

China's Super Rich Get Classy With Private Art Museums

AP | KELVIN CHAN | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business

HONG KONG -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to di...

Christopher Mathias

Seamen's Church Institute Hosts First Titanic Memorial Service

HuffingtonPost.com | Christopher Mathias | Posted 04.13.2012 | New York

What was likely the first memorial for those killed in the Titanic tragedy was not meant to be a memorial at all. On April 16, 1912, after nearly ...

Why Obama's Jobs Bill Could Be Bad For Charity

blogs.wsj.com | Robert Frank | Posted 11.14.2011 | Impact

The aim of philanthropy — as stated by John D. Rockefeller — is for the wealthy to step in and provide services that government won’t. The two w...

Reims, France, Celebrates The 800th Anniversary Of The Notre Dame Cathedral

Olivia Katrandjian | Posted 02.23.2012 | Travel
Olivia Katrandjian

To mark the event, a colorful, high-definition light show is being performed. Called a "Dream of Colors," the 25-minute spectacle pairs symphonic and techno music with lights that dance on the cathedral's front faƧade.

Want to be a Free Radical? Here's How

Andy Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Andy Kessler

It's the Free Radicals that are increasing productivity, increasing society's wealth, reinventing the way the world works and generating enough profits to reinvest in their process to keep this reinvention going for decades on end.

Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Michael W. Hudson

With the struggles of many old-line news media, it's easy to forget how important real reporting is to informing citizens and defeating the forces of secrecy and propaganda.

Most SUCCESSFUL People Who Never Went To College (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Sure, a college degree can open a number of doors for those who hold them. But throughout history, some of the most renowned entertainers and entrepre...

"Welcome to the Future": A Forward Looking Playlist for my High School Reunion

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
David Wild

When you're 40something, you're probably better off trying to live in the present tense and not in the past -- even at your high school reunion.

Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Michael Henry Adams

The tea sandwiches were delectable. Those in attendance, mostly establishment types, were mostly stylishly dressed. Mr. Hoving would certainly have approved.

Senator Rockefeller Pushes For Moratorium On EPA Authority

The Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-WVa.) will introduce legislation Thursday to impose a two-year moratorium on the Environmental Protection Agency's ability...

Small Group Now Leads Closed-Door Health Care Reform Negotiations

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at hi...

Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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."

These Days It's Dimes That Are a Dime a Dozen

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David Finkle

As an inveterate stooper-for-pennies, however, I've noticed a recent significant change on the streets of Manhattan. Yes, plenty of pennies are dropped. But just as often nowadays it's dimes that turn up on the pavement.

What Did Charles Darwin Really Believe?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
John W. Whitehead

The world is not black and white, and neither are our so-called historical heroes. Children should be taught what these historical figures really believed and the ramifications of their beliefs.

Learn To Invest Like A Rockefeller

Motley Fool | Jim Fink | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Who said that? Some elderly retiree in Florida? Nope. None other than oil man John D. Rockefeller, the wealthiest man the world has ever known. On in...