De Blasio drafts biz execs to push pre-K tax
Release Date:
01/29/2014
... Lee Wasserman, Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund , have signed on to Mayor de Blasio' s plan to raise taxes to fund citywide...
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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment
Release Date:
03/18/2015
... with the UK government to launch a new multimillion pound fund to encourage research into treatment for dementia. The New York-based investment bank said it ... invest in...
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave Years after New York lawyer Sherman Day established a charitable fund to help poor and elderly married couples in the city continue living together...
PhilTV This Week Jan 20
Release Date:
01/20/2017
PhilTV This Week Jan 20 Featuring: Milbank Memorial Fund , Open Society Foundations, Mastercard, Ford, Blaustein, ...
We're at a Tipping Point Over Climate Change
Release Date:
09/23/2014
... and economic leaders have come under increasing pressure to live up to their words on climate change. It seems we ... reach -- on deforestation. Deforestation is responsible for 15% of global...
The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy
Release Date:
09/24/2015
The Century Foundation Examines Russia' s Syrian Conflict Strategy Russian President Vladimir ... and military equipment to Syria. Simultaneously—and not for the first time—the Kremlin has...
Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech ... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in 24...
Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees
Release Date:
03/08/2016
... boy who washed up on a Turkish beach galvanized the world' s attention on the global refugee crisis. But it' s a big world with a lot of crises, and inevitably media attention moved on. All of which...
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... the myriad responses that animals, including humans, use to lower their temperature—from “automatic” ... physiological processes such as sweating and panting, to complex behaviors, such as moving to...
Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead
Release Date:
12/15/2016
... As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead For manifold reasons of background and ideology (and maybe ... Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a nightmare come to life for...
The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo
Release Date:
01/27/2017
... Aleppo in December was a turning point in the country’ s civil war. But rebel Aleppo didn’t just fall—it fell ... themselves, even under siege and surrounded on all sides, to hold out for as...
Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students
Release Date:
06/27/2017
Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students Professors, researchers, and ... a quarter of the students that are in two-year associate’ s programs at the City University of...
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities
Release Date:
09/12/2017
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’ s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and ... that will roll back environmental reviews and a standard to reduce flood risks to infrastructure. The...
Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Here' s What' s In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill The Capitol Hill health care fight sure seemed dead. After Republican proposals to overhaul...
Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John ... Seattle headquarters will incorporate a shelter for...
Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Opinion: New York City’ s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services For most young people, turning 21 is ceremonious. It' s a rite ... and tailored services of youth shelters and move...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests In his essay for the first installment of the Mellon Foundation’ s Our Compelling Interests book series, demographer and ... “these demographic changes will allow...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control ... policy, announced Thursday, prohibits the sale of firearms to customers who have not passed...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... Fellowships Recipients As part of an ambitious plan to reinvigorate watchdog journalism in the backyards of America' s statehouses, The Chronicle of Social Change is proud to ... 16- and...
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases a Research and Policy In Brief, Mass Shootings: Causes and Prevention
Release Date:
04/21/2021
... CNN reported that 45 mass shootings had occurred in the U. S . in the previous month . While not a new phenomenon, such ... of recent studies suggesting that restricting access to high-capacity weapons,...