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Darren Walker, Who Reoriented the Ford Foundation, to Step Down

Mr. Walker, who oversaw $7 billion in grants, plans to leave at the end of 2025 after what will have been 12 years.

By Robin Pogrebin

Art Awards, Decorations and Honors Disabilities Ford Foundation Kay Ulanday Barrett Lea, Gaelynn Mellon Foundation Music Natasha Ofili Philanthropy Reedy, Cara Warren Snipe

Ford and Mellon Foundations Name 2024 Disability Futures Fellows

The 20 recipients, including a Broadway composer, a Marvel video game voice actress and a three-time Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, are the initiative’s final cohort.

By Sarah Bahr

Art Chicago, Judy Museums

The Feminist Artist Judy Chicago on Coming to Grips With Mortality

At 84, the feminist artist, writer and lecturer has learned that it’s not good to have an adversarial relationship with aging or death.

By Ruth La Ferla

Architecture Building Industry Assn Corelogic Inc Fires and Firefighters Global Warming Homeowners Insurance Real Estate and Housing (Residential) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Weather Wildfires

To Protect Against Wildfires, Insurers Try to Change Construction Standards

Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.

By Emily Flitter