Heather K. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.

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The work of women artists makes up only 3 to 5 percent of major museums' permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these artists struggle financially -- but Susan Unterberg is trying ...

NEW YORK -- The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader.

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A leading expert on constitutional law and democracy, Gerken takes the helm of its $16 billion endowment as the philanthropic sector navigates challenges to the tax-exempt status of nonprofits ...

The Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the NAACP Detroit Branch, called out the actions of the Trump administration ahead of the annual dinner.

National Endowment for Democracy Uniting fact-checkers worldwide through initiatives like GlobalFact, the largest summit for fact-checking, and the IFCN’s Code of Principles Stanford University ...