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Recent Examples of cooperativesThe old joke is that some cooperatives are the least cooperative groups in the world.—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
Others point to existing armed or semi-organized anti-regime groups, including Kurdish organizations, Baloch insurgent networks and underground resistance cells operating inside Iran.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
As part of a long-standing initiative to grow local philanthropy, Big Day of Giving is a 24-hour giving challenge that encourages the generosity of small and large donations to the organizations that provide support for the area’s most vulnerable communities.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
The first of two days of hearings with retail trade associations and supply chain stakeholders took place on Tuesday in Washington as a part of the office of the United States Trade Representative’s Section 301 investigations into excess industrial capacity across 16 foreign economies.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
While there are other national athletic associations for college sports, none rivals the NCAA in terms of market control and attracting the best athletes.
Researchers from Harvard and other institutions recently published a study in the journal Nature Communications that suggests those who live near nuclear power plants may be at higher risk for cancer.
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Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Richards’s personal experience and his years with the Fortune Society had given him the necessary credibility, with both activists and institutions, to help win commitment for the committee’s vision.
And if societies don't have the will to defend themselves, they'll be overtaken by the Barbarians.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
School groups and paranormal activity societies have also toured the space in the past, Fulmer said, with one group of Fort Osage students even using the mansion to film a video project.
Taking partnerships and brand deals was not an easy decision, but one that makes her work sustainable.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
Unlike the public-private partnerships other presidential foundations have with the federal agency to administer presidential libraries on site, Obama signed an alternative agreement to digitize and display some of his presidential records instead.