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Perspectives: John Palfrey
MacArthur in Chicago: 2020 Reflections
Criminal Justice
$18 Million in Grants to Rethink Local Justice Systems and Advance Racial Equity
Chicago Commitment
Advancing Insight-Based Leadership
Equitable Recovery
Foundations Partner to Improve Racial, Gender Diversity and Transparency in Investment Industry
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Six Finalists Named in Competition for $100 Million Grant

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Meet the 2020 MacArthur Fellows

21 Extraordinarily Creative and Inspiring Individuals
Grantees In the Media
"Arctic Drilling Foes Seek to Block Seismic Surveys, Lease Sales in Alaska Refuge"
Reuters
Related Grantee: National Audubon Society NY
"The Case for Foundations to Do More in Times of Crisis"
Stanford Social Innovation Review
"Insurrection Could Be a Turning Point for Social Media"
Marketplace
Related Grantee: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy
"Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge Fails to Yield a Windfall"
The New York Times
"The Carbon Sky Scraper: A New Way Of Picturing Rapid, Human-Caused Climate Change"
The Washington Post
Related Grantee: Climate Central
"Chicago’s Not-So-Random Gang Violence: Just 6% of Gang ‘Factions’ Tied to Most Shootings Studied"
Chicago Sun-Times
Related Grantee: Chicago Community Foundation
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