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43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... the sex education required by the state, according to a report released on Thursday by New York City Comptroller ... among city teenagers is slightly rising, especially in the city 039 ;s...

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Education

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... and picturesque piers, the most popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the ... its squat concrete frame and fluorescent lights — a far cry from the...

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Housing and Homelessness

Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... Violeta Gomez-Uribe, 32, goes to kickboxing classes in Brooklyn. Eduardo Garcia, 22, lifts weights at the gym, in ... and two jobs. Apolinar Islas, 34, who came to New York from Mexico when...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... criminal justice system. You’ll soon be whisked into a room where bail will be assigned to you — likely in a matter of seconds — by a bail magistrate or a...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... and programs representing an estimated 90,000 students from 15 countries on 6 continents (all health professions ... academic medical center to join the GCCHE. Faculty members in the Climate and Health Program...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals Why is meat so cheap? ... Animal Feeding Operations). Animal agriculture benefits from federal commodity checkoff programs that fund marketing ... at state universities. Prison...

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Food Systems

Guggenheim Museum Is Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks

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09/27/2017

... for Pulling Animal Artworks Artists and museums are often in the thick of free speech debates — think of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s battle with the Brooklyn Museum over a Virgin Mary artwork with elephant dung and...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... Trump Administration 039 ;s decision to end DACA has created a lot of anger and pushback, including from some prominent corporate leaders. But what are ... from deportation...

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of...

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Tax Plan Doubles Standard Deduction, Leaves Charitable Deduction In Place

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09/28/2017

... Doubles Standard Deduction, Leaves Charitable Deduction In Place Nonprofit leaders applauded the preservation of the ... the standard deduction and repealing the estate tax, under a framework for tax reform...

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In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

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09/28/2017

In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines North Carolina has become a flashpoint for transgender rights, and Rory Philbrick is ... state law enacted...

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Gender Justice

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

... All the Work, Half the Pay Lai Yee Chan worked piece-rate in the city 039 ;s textile factories for more than a decade to support her three children after she emigrated from...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... this new organization with a mission of reducing the harm from...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety For a guy who likes eating fast food because it’s “very ... of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every influential watchdog...

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Food Systems

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have ... nonprofits that serve the less affluent sections of town in order to provide raises for city...

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Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police

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10/06/2017

... Immigrant Communities and Police Immigrant communities in general have a fear of police interactions, but this fear has been ... climate of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from...

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Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

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10/10/2017

... Agency to resume cleanup efforts of radioactive locations in Lewiston and Niagara Falls, warning they still pose a serious threat to public health. The EPA recently abandoned ... cleanup activities to clean up...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch. Here in the heart of the Adirondacks, the slender Schroon River, ... and white pine, is so narrow that you could easily hurl a polished rock from...

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... Philanthropies recently gave another $64 million to a campaign that’s closing down coal plants in the United States, one telling headline came from the Courier-Journal in...

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