Tag: Philanthropy

Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94

Gordon E. Moore, a co-founder and former chairman of Intel Corporation, the California semiconductor chip maker that helped give Silicon Valley its name, achieving the kind of industrial dominance once held by the giant American railroad or steel companies of another age, died on Friday at his home in Hawaii. He was 94. His death […]

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Gordon E. Moore, the Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94

Gordon E. Moore, a co-founder and former chairman of Intel Corporation, the California semiconductor chip maker that helped give Silicon Valley its name, achieving the kind of industrial dominance once held by the giant American railroad or steel companies of another age, died on Friday at his home in Hawaii. He was 94. His death […]

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Ukraine War Amputees Get New Limbs in U.S.

The soldiers, still outfitted in camo, arrived not by cargo plane or armored carrier but by wheelchair, and formed up before a crowd bearing flags, flowers and the traditional loaves of bread. There were handshakes, hugs and song — the Ukrainian national anthem, of course — and a few photos, but no long-winded speeches or […]

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The Younger Brother Caught in the Middle of the FTX Investigation

The money flowed freely at a pandemic-prevention organization run by the younger brother of Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul. Just over $375,000 financed a failed campaign in Colorado to increase taxes on cannabis sales in order to support pandemic research. Another $1 million was spent on consulting and advertising expenses in a single year. […]

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Who’s Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two Americans.

As part of a recent “national day of resistance,” a group of army reservists wearing masks converged at the Jerusalem office of a think tank and blocked its front door with sandbags and coils of barbed wire. Outside, protesters led a noisy rally on the street, waving dozens of placards and sharing a microphone for […]

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The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing

LOS ANGELES — It was chased out of Chicago by preservationists, only to become the object of a bidding war between Los Angeles and San Francisco. When George Lucas finally decided to build his $1 billion museum in Los Angeles, its arrival was jeered by some critics who saw it not as a civic gift […]

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‘It’s Disgusting’: The Con Artists Who Exploit Mass Shootings

Hours after a gunman stalked the campus of Michigan State University last month, killing three students and injuring five others, fund-raisers in the names of the victims began to proliferate. Not all of the initiatives were legitimate, the university later informed the Michigan attorney general’s office. Experts say it is part of a troubling pattern […]

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‘Effective Altruism’ Led Bankman-Fried to a Little-Known Wall St. Firm

To close observers of Wall Street, the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried carried a curious twist: The man whose unbridled recklessness may have led to one of the largest financial frauds in history started his trading career — and met many of his future lieutenants — at an under-the-radar firm known for keeping a tight grip […]

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Basketball Legend Michael Jordan Makes Historic Contribution To Make-A-Wish Foundation

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Aurelien Meunier / Getty Basketball legend Michael Jordan marked his 60th birthday—which was on February 17—by paying it forward. The six-time NBA champion made a historic multi-million-dollar donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jordan gifted the nonprofit with $10 million, marking the largest individual contribution the charitable organization has received in its […]

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This Charity Fights Sex Trafficking. Bureaucracy Might Doom It.

GEMS has been very successful both at the level of policy and practice, a fact disputed by virtually no one. Fifteen years ago, after much advocacy on the part of herself and others, Ms. Lloyd helped write the draft legislation for the state’s Safe Harbor Act, which recognized that young people taken in by the […]

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The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It

April Crawford never thought she’d be begging for help on GoFundMe, but she has run out of options. She has multiple sclerosis, and Mavenclad, the drug that could slow her decline, has a list price of $194,000 a year. Her Medicare insurance will pay for most of it, but she has a co-pay of $10,000. […]

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Harris Announces Funding to Address Root Causes of Migration Crisis

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced almost $1 billion in new pledges by private companies to support communities in Central America, part of the Biden administration’s effort to keep migrants from fleeing toward the U.S. border. Ten companies, including Nestle, Target and Columbia Sportswear, said they would collectively spend $950 million on […]

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George Santos Raised Money for Dogs. It’s Unclear Where It All Went.

“You know, somebody along the line — and again, this is all stuff that are being looked into, to show and get that taken care of. Because, again, I wasn’t alone on this,” Mr. Santos said, even as he maintained that he handled the bulk of charity’s operations. “I was the guy picking up poop, […]

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Do Handouts Work?

Giving cash has become more practical in recent years because of technology such as mobile payment systems, which can be used even by people who don’t have bank accounts, Rema Hanna, the chair of international development at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, told me. I asked Niehaus in an interview why no-strings-attached donations aren’t even […]

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