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It’s not every day that the folks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute implore you to watch Fox News.

So why does the departure of wealthy people matter to those who earn significantly less than $1 million a year? Let's start with philanthropy.

The Hatch-Kennedy model of policymaking provides an essential lesson for today’s officeholders: Republicans and Democrats don’t need to leave their political beliefs at the door to reach historic compromises…This is the animating ethos behind The Senate Project – a groundbreaking debate series launched by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Bipartisan Policy Center.

The new Nantucket Cottage Hospital was debt-free and financed entirely through private donations—not a penny of taxpayer dollars was used. It was an achievement unprecedented on Nantucket Island. Among the many donors, small and large, one couple stands out as having led the charge: Bruce and Elisabeth Percelay.

Developers hedged their bets in the Boston mayoral race

Bruce Percelay, chairman of the Mount Vernon Company, a real estate firm that gave Wu $15,000, described the contribution as “an expression that we want to work together and we support her.”

The Revolution Hotel redefines the boundaries of where urbanites meet, stay, eat, work and socialize. This adaptive reuse project met the challenge of converting a historic YWCA dormitory into a modern boutique hotel that also hosts a restaurant, café, community co-working space and street level, walk-up coffee window.

Once upon a time, there was a shining city on a hill, so cherished by real estate developers that it became the hottest housing market in the land.

The Mount Vernon Company and Beacon Communities have acquired 140 Clarendon St. for $51.25 million. They have also broken ground on the redevelopment of the YW Boston headquarters located at 140 Clarendon St. in the city’s Back Bay.