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We support creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. ⚖️🌿☮️🌎

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🎉We're proud to announce our first set of grants to support pooled and aligned grantmaking for #PressForward ! These grants include funding for infrastructure support and shared services, along with direct support for eight local newsrooms. Learn more⬇️

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$48 Million in Support of Local News, Initial Seeding of Press Forward Collaborative

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MacArthur Fellows @nhannahjones and Ta-Nehisi Coates join the @HowardU faculty to establish the Center for Journalism and Democracy: #MacFellow

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In the midst of a difficult year, a moment to celebrate. Meet the 2020 MacArthur Fellows, 21 remarkably creative and inspiring individuals. #MacFellow 📈📱⚙️🧼🧬🧠🎭🚰🩺🖥️✍️🖼️🦠🧫⚖️🏠📜📖💭📚🗣️🎵🎶🔬🧲🧪⚗️🔍🎥📕

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MacArthur Fellow @tressiemcphd is shaping discourse on highly topical issues at the confluence of race, gender, education and digital technology. 📱 #MacFellow

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Let's take a moment today to celebrate boundless creativity...🧠⚡ Meet the 2021 MacArthur Fellows, 25 extraordinarily creative and inspiring individuals in all fields of endeavor: 🎼🌎🩺😷⚖️🖼️🇰🇵🇰🇷🔬🎨🎥🖤🇵🇷🌍🇺🇸🇲🇽🗳️👩‍🦯♿🧠📱🪨➡️🌱📈📽️✊🦠💃

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“I am so incredibly honored to be joining one of the most important and storied educational institutions in our country and to work alongside the illustrious faculty of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications and the brilliant students it draws in.”— @nhannahjones

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MacArthur Fellow @nkjemisin is pushing against the conventions of epic fantasy and science fiction genres while exploring deeply human questions about structural racism, environmental crises and familial relationships. ✍️ #MacFellow

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“This is the faculty that molded me. This is the faculty that strengthened me. Personally, I know of no higher personal honor than this.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Some of the MacArthur funds support the next phase of @nhannahjones ’ 1619 Project. “Her tireless quest for the U.S. to confront and repair the enduring legacy of slavery through the 1619 Project will now have a home at Howard University.” –MacArthur President @jpalfrey

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#MacFellow Saidiya Hartman is tracing the afterlife of slavery in America, and chronicling lives excluded from historical archives. 📜

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#MacFellow @nhannahjones is a journalist chronicling the persistence of racial segregation in American society:

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. @nhannahjones will also establish the Center for Journalism and Democracy, to train and support the next generation of aspiring Black journalists to gain the investigative and analytical skills needed to cover our democracy.

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Meet the 2022 MacArthur Fellows: 25 exceptionally creative people who push the boundaries of their fields and challenge us to imagine new possibilities. #MacFellow . Who inspires you?

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Pulitzer Prize-winner @nhannahjones will be a tenured member of the faculty of the @howarduchsoc , filling the newly-created Knight Chair in Race and Journalism. Coates will be a faculty member in the flagship College of Arts and Sciences.

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MacArthur, @Knightfdn , @FordFoundation , and an anonymous donor have contributed $20 million to support @HowardU ’s demonstrated academic and journalistic excellence.

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Writer @kieselaymon composes inventive fiction and nonfiction bearing witness to forms of violence that mark the Black experience. He explores the power of revision, truth, reconciliation, and love. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Creativity knows no limits. Meet the 2019 MacArthur Fellows ( #MacFellow ), 26 inspiring individuals who are reframing problems, making discoveries, and bettering the world for everyone. 🧠 Explore this year's list and their work:

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MacArthur Fellow @NifMuhammad is forging a distinctive style of cultural and artistic criticism through the lens of popular music and autobiography. 🎼 #MacFellow

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Meet the 2017 MacArthur Fellows ( #MacFellow ), 24 creative people who inspire us all:

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Imani Perry ( @imaniperry ) is an interdisciplinary scholar, writer, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow offering new perspectives on African Americans’ social conditions and experiences. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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Meet the 2023 MacArthur Fellows: 20 inspiring individuals using creativity, curiosity, and care to build a more just and sustainable future. #MacFellow

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Meet the 2018 MacArthur Fellows ( #MacFellow ), 25 exceptionally creative people who inspire us all:

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#MacFellow Ocean Vuong’s writing explores the effects of intergenerational trauma, the refugee experience, and the complexities of identity and desire. 📖🇻🇳🇺🇸

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#MacFellow @domorisseau 's plays push "audiences to consider the actions and responsibilities of society more broadly". 🎭 More on her work:

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Happiest of opening nights to @domorisseau @SergioATrujillo @ephsykes and everyone at @AintTooProud !

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The MacArthur Foundation today accepted the resignation of Joi Ito as a member of our board and our affiliate @LeverforChange , effective immediately. We thank Ito for his service.

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Linsey Marr ( @linseymarr ) is an environmental engineer and 2023 MacArthur Fellow investigating indoor and outdoor air quality and airborne pathogens that affect human health. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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MacArthur Fellow @safiyanoble is highlighting the ways digital technologies and internet architectures magnify racism, sexism, and harmful stereotypes. 📱 #MacFellow

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Announcing the $100 million recipient in our #100andChange competition, @SesameWorkshop - @theIRC . Their joint proposal is to educate children displaced by conflict and persecution, and to cultivate the full potential of an entire generation:

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. @nhannahjones is a journalist and 2017 #MacFellow :

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@LeverforChange The recent reports of Ito's behavior in The New Yorker, if true, would not be in keeping with the values of MacArthur. Most importantly, our hearts go out to the girls and women who survived the abuse of Jeffrey Epstein.

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Literary Historian and Digital Humanist @profgabrielle sparks inquiry into 19th-century collective Black organizing efforts through initiatives such as the Colored Conventions Project. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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"The culture of abuse cultivated against Black women has to be resoundingly rejected." #MacFellow @safiyanoble

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Meghan Markle’s battle with tabloids and trolls is about more than just her right to privacy

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MacArthur Fellow Fred Moten is creating new conceptual spaces to accommodate emerging forms of Black aesthetics, cultural production, and social life. 📖💭 #MacFellow

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Computer Scientist @YejinChoinka uses natural language processing to develop AI systems that can understand language and make inferences about the world. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Plant Ecologist, Educator, and Writer Robin Wall Kimmerer articulates a vision of environmental stewardship informed by Traditional Ecological Knowledge and furthers efforts to heal a damaged planet. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Advocate @lorettajross shapes a visionary paradigm that links social justice, human rights, and reproductive justice. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Artificial Intelligence is "being built in a way that replicates the biases of the almost entirely male, predominantly white work force making it." Shoutout to @timnitGebru , @jovialjoy and everyone else working to highlight this issue: via @nytimes

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. @tanehisicoates is a journalist and #MacFellow : http://t.co/LVI4LqoOX7 http://t.co/7i6kU4ZUr8

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Sociologist, Criminologist, and Social Worker @reubenjmiller traces the long-term consequences that incarceration and re-entry systems have on the lives of individuals and their families. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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. @moonlightmov is based on #MacFellow @octarell 's play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue", based on his life story.

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And the Oscar goes to…

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Andrea Armstrong is an incarceration law scholar and 2023 MacArthur Fellow shining a light on inhumane living conditions in U.S. jails and prisons. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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Ada Limón ( @adalimon ) is a poet and 2023 MacArthur Fellow heightening our attention to the natural world and connections to one another. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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How @chancetherapper got his start at @chipublib 's YOUmedia digital learning space: via @GMA

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#MacFellow @NearSitedMonkey is inspiring creative engagement through graphic works and a teaching practice. ✍

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MacArthur Fellow @NicoleFleetwoo2 is elucidating the cultural and aesthetic significance of visual art created by incarcerated people. 🖤 #MacFellow

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Meet the 2016 MacArthur Fellows, 23 creative people who inspire us all: #MacFellow

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Our new #100andchange blog post looks at the @CatholicRelief - @lumos - @MaestralIntl proposal to change orphanage care:

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MacArthur Fellow @DrIbram is advancing conversations around anti-Black racism and possibilities for repair in a variety of initiatives and platforms. 🖤 #MacFellow

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“I want people to create art in response to my art. And I want people to create art in response to those people’s art, with an attention to revision and care, and, I know it sounds corny, but radical explorations of love.” #MacFellow @KieseLaymon

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MacArthur Fellow @IbrahimCisse_ is developing microscopy tools to investigate the subcellular processes underlying genetic regulation and misfunction. 🔬 #MacFellow

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#MacFellow @klytlehernandez is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins, ideology, and evolution of incarceration and immigrant detention practices in America. ⚖📖

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❤️❤️❤️ Congratulations to MacArthur Fellow @nhannahjones on the latest phase of her #1619Project !

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Just got home from two days of emotionally devastating filming in my ancestral land of Mississippi and this was waiting for me. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen and I finally am holding it in my hands. The very first image in the book: That’s my dad. 🖤🖤🖤

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Electronic Music Composer and Performer Ikue Mori transforms the use of percussion in improvisation and expands the boundaries of machine-based music. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Courtney Bryan is a composer, pianist, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow melding elements of jazz, classical, and sacred music in works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and opera. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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E. Tendayi Achiume is a legal scholar and 2023 MacArthur Fellow. Tendayi is envisioning more ethical and just ways of approaching the movement of people across national borders. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 Fellows on our website!

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Historical Demographer @histdem sets new standards in quantitative historical research by building the world’s largest publicly available database of population statistics. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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🗞️ Introducing #PressForward : A national initiative by a coalition of foundations to inform and engage communities by bolstering local news. We’re elevating local journalism and bridging gaps in newsrooms by injecting over $500M dollars. Learn more👇:

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Press Forward Will Award More Than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

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MacArthur Fellow @desmondmeade is working to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated citizens and remove barriers to their full participation in civic life. ⚖️ #MacFellow

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Ornithologist, Naturalist, and Writer @wildandincolor cultivates a new model of conservation that combines conservation science with personal, historical, and cultural narratives of nature. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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MacArthur Fellow @dwaynebetts is promoting the humanity and rights of individuals who are or have been incarcerated. ⚖️ #MacFellow

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#MacFellow @jesmimi is exploring the enduring bonds of community among poor African Americans in the rural South:

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Introducing the 2015 MacArthur Fellows ( #MacFellow ), 24 creative people who inspire us all: http://t.co/rD4zTq9EKZ http://t.co/vI8Vmx1ZWk

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Diana Greene Foster ( @Dianagfoster ) is a demographer, reproductive health researcher, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow investigating how reproductive healthcare practices impact an individual’s well-being. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 Fellows!

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#MacFellow @daniellecitron is raising awareness about cyber harassment victims, proposing reforms to combat online abuse. 🖥💻📱

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MacArthur Fellow @TorresVJ_Lab is investigating how bacterial pathogens overcome the immune system and identifying potential therapies. 🦠 #MacFellow

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@WNYC "Science fiction and fantasy prides itself on being very future forward but in a lot of those futures, you saw mostly straight white male characters and kind of nobody else."––2020 MacArthur Fellow @nkjemisin . 📖 #MacFellow

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Historian Monica Kim exposes the interplay between U.S. foreign policy, military intervention, processes of decolonization, and individual rights in regional settings around the globe. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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María Magdalena Campos-Pons ( @camposponstudio ) is a multidisciplinary artist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow exploring personal and collective histories in the Caribbean. #MacFellow Explore her work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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#MacFellow @jesmimi is exploring the enduring bonds of community among poor African Americans in the rural South:

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Sociologist @jdawncarlson uncovers the motivations, assumptions, and social forces that shape gun culture in the United States. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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Ian Bassin ( @ianbassin ) is a lawyer, democracy advocate, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow strengthening the structures, norms, and institutions that make the United States a democracy. #MacFellow Explore his work and all the 2023 Fellows on our website!

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MacArthur Fellow Isaiah Andrews is addressing key challenges in economics and social science. 📈 #MacFellow

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#MacFellow Amy Finkelstein of @MIT is illuminating the hidden complexities of health care policy, providing data-driven guidance for future innovations:

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Our next President will be John Palfrey @jpalfrey , educator, author, legal scholar, and innovator with experience making social change: cc: @phillipsacademy

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. @timnitGebru is highlighting how tech companies aren't "stopping to think about the kinds of biases being built into them—biases that could entrench existing inequalities, rather than help solve them." via @TIME

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MacArthur Fellow @LSchulteMoore is implementing locally relevant approaches to build soil, improve water quality, protect biodiversity, and strengthen the resilience of row crop agriculture. 🌱 #MacFellow

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This anecdote of Octavia Butler hits hard, and is one reason the MacArthur Fellowship is completely no-strings-attached. ❤️ #MacFellow

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@_CatLane_ I asked one question of Octavia Butler. I asked her what difference did the @macfound award make? She said, I could buy a house. We never know what normalcy writers surrender for their art. #Writer @landis_lain @PizzosPages @ava @TananariveDue

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There are 11 days until we announce the 2018 MacArthur Fellows. We've been counting down the 20 most viewed Fellows webpages in the past decade. At 11 is #MacFellow @nhannahjones . Her reporting is exposing modern day racial segregation in education:

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Manuel Muñoz is a fiction writer and 2023 MacArthur Fellow depicting the multi-faceted lives of Mexican American communities in California’s Central Valley. #MacFellow Explore his work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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#MacFellow @ValeriaLuiselli is challenging conventional notions of authorship, and posing profound questions about the various ways we piece together stories. 📖🇺🇸🇲🇽

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Astrodynamicist @moribajah envisions transparent and collaborative solutions for creating a circular space economy that improves oversight of Earth’s orbital spheres. Learn more about the 2022 MacArthur Fellow #MacFellow

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"There are many ways we can tell these truths and broaden this understanding of America where we've all gotten such a narrow understanding, that's so narrow, as to be a lie. This project speaks to the silences." #Macfellow @nhannahjones on the 1619 project

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‘The 1619 Project’ comes to Hulu, expanding the story of enslaved Africans

Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses how the project reframes the role of slavery in American society “in ways that we don't know.”

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#MacFellow @RevDrBarber is building broad-based fusion coalitions as part of a moral movement to confront racial and economic inequality:

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Jason Buenrostro ( @JD_Buenrostro ) is a cellular and molecular biologist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow investigating the mechanisms that regulate gene expression. #MacFellow Explore his work and all the 2023 MacArthur Fellows on our website!

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. @Lin_Manuel is a playwright, composer, performer and #MacFellow : http://t.co/4VGwDKnkNK http://t.co/vMa4IIGymv

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Leaders like @timnitGebru , @jovialjoy , @safiyanoble , @ruchowdh , and Prof. Seeta Peña Gangadharan have voiced concerns about ethics in #AI for years. Now, they're taking matters into their own hands. Read the full story at @RollingStone ⬇️:

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These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI

Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears

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Raven Chacon ( @raven_chacon ) is a composer, artist, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow creating scores and spaces of performance where the histories of the lands encroached upon by the U.S. can be contemplated. #MacFellow Explore his work and all the 2023 Fellows!

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“Poetry is going everywhere. Everyone’s a secret poet.”–Claudia Rankine. #MacFellow

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MacArthur Fellow @michelle_monje is advancing understanding of pediatric brain cancers and the neurological effects of cancer treatments with an eye toward improved therapies for patients. 🧠 #MacFellow

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#MacFellow Walter Hood of @HDHoodDesign is creating ecologically sustainable urban spaces that enrich the lives of their residents. 🏙🌎

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MacArthur Fellow @MonicaMnzMtz is bringing to light long-obscured cases of racial violence along the U.S.–Mexico border and their reverberations in the present. 🇺🇸🇲🇽 #MacFellow

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"The fact that...there are so many news deserts across America, that it poses such a threat to our democracy means that we had to do something at scale." Our President @jpalfrey speaks about #PressForward 's plans to elevate local journalism with @NPR .

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Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'

The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.

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MacArthur Fellow @JackieWoodson is redefining children’s and young adult literature to encompass more complex issues and reflect the lives of Black children, teenagers and families. 📕 #MacFellow

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If you aren’t familiar with the MacArthur Fellowship, it is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. #MacFellow Learn more:

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"I am calling to say congratulations..." Watch the moment that MacArthur's Cecilia Conrad told @cmtysolutions that they were the $100 million recipient in our #100andChange competition! ❤️ About the $100 million recipient:

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#MacFellow Vanessa Ruta is investigating how the brain processes sensory information and generates behavioral responses. 🧠

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