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Newseum Announces New Initiative Bringing First Amendment Rights Education to K-12 School Educators, Students, and the General Public

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The Freedom Forum Institute (FFI) and the Washington, DC-based Newseum have announced a new initiative supported by the Charles Koch Foundation that will bring to life First Amendment freedoms for K-12 educators, students, and the general public. The initiative includes several events, a new collection of educational materials, and the addition of a part-time researcher … Continued

George Mason Economics Announcement

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This spring, George Mason University (GMU) announced that it planned to use a new $5 million, six-year grant to expand undergraduate class offerings, provide more opportunities for additional students, and increase the visibility of its research. At the time the gift was announced, GMU President Ángel Cabrera noted the university’s economics department already has been … Continued

Free Press USAToday Commentary

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Attacks on media aren’t new. But today’s reporters face an increasingly hostile environment. Charles Koch Foundation’s Sarah Ruger explores related trends in a USA Today commentary this morning noting an uptick in journalism school applications in recent years: “There’s not enough information to confirm the trend in media criticism is driving j-school enrollment. But the … Continued

Charles Koch Foundation Grant Helps Fund New Program at Boston University

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Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies has announced a new program, the Policy and Security Initiative (PSI), which will cultivate a community of historically-minded, theoretically-informed, and policy-engaged scholars who will critically evaluate and, when necessary, challenge prevailing policy assumptions. Joshua Shifrinson and Jayita Sarkar, assistant professors of international relations, will oversee PSI. … Continued

Chapman University Reuniting Economics and the Humanities

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In the fall of 2009, the United States officially had emerged from the Great Recession, but the nation’s jobless rate still lingered near 10 percent. Millions of families were stuck in homes with underwater mortgages, wages were stagnant, and inequality was rising. Americans, to put it mildly, were pessimistic. Chapman University Professor Bart Wilson was … Continued

Charles Koch Foundation Grant Helps Expand Duke University’s Center for the History of Political Economy

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For decades Duke Professor Bruce Caldwell and his peers have been researching what economic theories and practices of the past can teach economists about the challenges we face today. During that time, Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy has attracted support from grantmaking organizations including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the … Continued

Ed Timmons Pennsylvania Occupational Licensing Reform

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Want to sell cemetery plots? You’ll need a license in Pennsylvania, though that rule may be, well, dying. On June 14, 2018, Gov. Tom Wolf called on the General Assembly to repeal 13 job licenses, part of a larger proposal to remove employment barriers. The proposal was based on research conducted by Saint Francis University’s … Continued

Hunter Haymore UNCF Koch Scholars

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Hunter Haymore, born with sickle cell anemia, was just 14 when she faced a scary medical decision. Her doctors were studying whether bone marrow transplants from unrelated donors could help people with this painful blood disease. Without a genetic match in her family, this was one of Haymore’s only options for a cure. But Haymore, … Continued

UNCF/Koch Scholar Story: Tanish Wugwimi

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When Tanisha Mugwimi was about ten years old, she traveled with her parents to their native Kenya. They visited the sentimental sights of her father’s childhood, but when they arrived at his old primary school, his mood soured. The crumbling school was in disrepair, almost unrecognizable, from rotting desks to shattered windows. Seeing the sadness … Continued