New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... would also reduce child maltreatment. According to a study from Indiana University and University of Connecticut ...
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Women Lose Ground In The New York City Council, Even If Chin And Ayala Win
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... Council seats. But even if they both survive, next year’ s City Council will have fewer women, down from 13 seats to 12 in the 51-member body. In one of the ...
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’ s Salaries in Decline American household income is rising, ... incomes continue to shrink, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau. The trend is part...
Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me) s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities As the Trump ... Black Women, Girls, Nonconforming People and Fem(me) s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary...
Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... Theatre at the DIA. Their investments add to $10 million from The Platform, a development company formed by Peter ... to areas outside of the significant development that' s already taken place in the...
Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens Falls metropolitan area, 200 ...
Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Report Finds U. S . Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace ... CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’ s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow...
‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’ s System? As leading Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’ s proposal to vastly expand Medicare to cover all Americans, ... an assessment of their...
The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough
Release Date:
09/19/2017
The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough From the moment that the first streetcars started rumbling along New York City’ s streets in the 19th century, people have sought ways to ... we know it—the...
These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... the Paris accord would be bad for business, top executives from Bank of America and Coca-Cola argued. When President Donald Trump committed to yanking the U. S . out anyway, PayPal and Western Union countered “...
Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... approach to big problems that Chan and Zuckerberg favor. From the start, CZI has sought to pull several major levers ...
At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... a 51-member body, currently includes only 13 women, down from 18 in 2009, and that number is likely to soon fall to 12 ... when the next Council is seated in January, if this year’ s elections continue as...
Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Up, Poverty Down New data for 2016, released by the U. S . Census Bureau last week, shows continued healthy gains in ... Wages, Broader Advances: Seven Indicators of New York’ s Economic Health.” The Census...
New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... 18 by Harvard University Press, presents Ignatieff’ s discoveries and his interpretation of what ... in Budapest and was Carnegie Council Centennial Chair from 2012-2014. “We were honored to have Michael...
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk
Release Date:
09/21/2017
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’ s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk Last Tuesday, ... agreement to extend funding for the national Children’ s Health Insurance Program for five more years. The...
Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... came out forcefully on Wednesday against the Senate’ s latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, suggesting ... in the bill. Generally, it would shift federal funds away from states that have been...
Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... solve a thorny problem or better achieve its goals. "It’ s a way to get to know people on a deeper level than just superficial chitchat," Ms. Wong says. "It’ s about connecting with people...
How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... $390 billion awarded to charities last year. The lion’ s share was from high net worth individuals, an estimated 91% of whom ... with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U. S ...
Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’ s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative ... people in 17 countries participated in the Inventor’ s Challenge , a contest that asks kids ...
Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... showing the state-by-state impact of the revised bill from 2020 to 2026. It indicated that Alaska would receive 3 ...