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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s...

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Economic Security

‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s ... Republicans are fighting back with familiar critiques of such a single-payer system. Mr. Sanders argued for his ... ...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... 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 addiction or dependence, even as they provide ... less...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of...

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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

... to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll. A new health care bill before the Senate would require every ... in the country to make a similar soup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm. It was evening ... block party or a family reunion. It was the recent opening of an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the city’...

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Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

... history class in a Bronx school. A school social worker in New York City for 25 years, Harding formed a theory about what triggered the killing as soon as an image of 18-year-old Abel Cedeno...

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Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

... Yee Chan worked piece-rate in the city's textile factories for more than a decade to support her three children after ... Midtown warehouse. Chan's current workplace, the apartment of an elderly man...

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... Cities? People love living near the coast. Only two of the world's top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo ... Paulo — are not coastal. The rest — Tokyo, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, Lagos, Los Angeles...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb...

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Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

... will introduce sanitation facilities to improve the health of families with young children. For many children in India, just going to the toilet can be ... bring a better sanitation solution to some small...

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, considered one of the founding ... Thaler said of...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a political saga set in Russia that ...

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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

As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving? After Bloomberg Philanthropies ... headline came from the Courier-Journal in Louisville: “ New York City billionaires are battling over...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’s a...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

... Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools New study by The Commonwealth Fund highlights Medicaid ... care plan and provider investment options...

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The United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Positive Impact of Home Health Care

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04/30/2018

... United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Positive Impact of Home Health Care The report explores patients’ refusals of Home Health Care Services, on the under-examined issue of ... by Kathyrn...

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State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget

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02/06/2019

... law that decouples the state and federal tax law so that New York State will NOT tax nonprofits on commuter benefits. This means the state tax burden of 9% on all qualified transportation benefits has been...

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