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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students Having minority ... students would pursue college tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars. The study,...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... chronic disease, placing pressure on health care systems to respond. Timely and accessible health care could mitigate ... but the U.S. health care system falls short, failing to deliver indicated services...

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Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award

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07/20/2017

... specialist team that works across Citi businesses globally to develop and deliver solutions—in partnership with ... development agencies, investors and service providers— to expand access to...

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Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

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08/28/2017

... Broader Structural Shift The unemployment rate has fallen to a 16- year low of 4.3% and may not be done falling. The question is ... is still operating below capacity and has plenty of room to...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... any of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired ... that if expenditures decreased by 20 percent over a three- year period, the organization...

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Family of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department

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08/30/2017

... of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department A 5- year -old named Leo sat surrounded by toys on the floor of his ... pink and Barbies and anything that sparkles. He likes to wear dresses. His parents...

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Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law For years, Republicans ... believes public opinion has swung their way, and they plan to spend the fall attacking President Trump...

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Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

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09/06/2017

... in Astoria, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Harlem up to 130th Street, marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four- year -old bike-share system. Prospect Heights and Crown ... Citi Bike will...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence Ciberseguras ... began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital...

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Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say

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09/11/2017

... they can — under threat of arrest — force the person to testify in court by obtaining what is known as a material ... normal subpoenas, many, if not most, of which are issued to those directly involved in...

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Opinion: New York’s Bad Teachers, Back on the Job

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09/11/2017

... On Thursday, a million New York City children will return to school. Educators have long been concerned about a ... quietly announced a policy reversal: In the coming year , schools will once again be forced...

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Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches

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09/13/2017

... then Mayor Michael Bloomberg sent universities scrambling to win a competition for a new city-incubated research campus. During the run-up to the opening, officials have stressed the campus's capacity...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... diseases we do now, but of simple injuries that led to infections. Antibiotics changed all that and yet, as ... Antibiotic resistance is urgent enough for the U.N. to have called a General Assembly meeting...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of...

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Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

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09/18/2017

... Makes Eating Right a Challenge Tony Turner knew he had to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after ... on a budget so he decided to advocate for such...

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Children, Youth and Families

The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... Are Rethinking Mealtime The day before students returned to class this month, New York City officials announced that ... and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address school meal debt —...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked ... $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for at least a year of not...

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Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

... on Manhattan’s Far West Side Amazon.com Inc. plans to open an office on the far West Side of Manhattan and ... 2,000 jobs in New York City. The retail giant signed a 15- year lease to take...

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Community Development

Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... brings the grievances of specific individuals or groups to the forefront of public awareness. An innovatorcreates an actionable solution3 to address these grievances. And an orchestrator coordinates ... action...

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

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09/25/2017

Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, ... in education, science, and advocacy. Facebook stock traded at $170.54 a share at the...

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