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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

... Ineffective The U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention programs that promote sexual abstinence and ... changing sexual behavior and reducing HIV risk, according to a new Stanford...

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United Hospital Fund Report Analyzes New York's Resuscitated Individual Health Insurance Market

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05/26/2016

... The report also highlights some key steps necessary to sustain that improvement and factors that could undercut ... the Affordable Care Act, a dwindling number of enrollees in the individual health insurance...

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Commonwealth Fund Publishes Study on Americans’ Experiences with ACA Marketplace Coverage

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07/07/2016

... tax credits have made premium costs roughly comparable to those paid by people with job-based health insurance. For ... incomes, the tax credits phase out, meaning that adults in marketplace plans on average...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

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08/31/2016

... adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21, 000 per person for health care, about four times the average ... with at least three chronic diseases and a...

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like...

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Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail

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10/21/2016

... or maybe a round-trip international flight. Or, in one sad case, the lives of a falsely accused 22-year-old ... Friday his mother, Venida, who was fighting for the system to pay for what it did to...

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Justice Reform

Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

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11/04/2016

... both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3, 000 -plus Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. Across ...

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Commonwealth Fund Contemplates Mobile Health Apps for Patients with Chronic Illnesses

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12/07/2016

... with chronic health problems, there are more than 165, 000 mobile health apps designed to help them deal with a wide range of illnesses and ... medicine has largely been reluctant to take a...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds Nearly 25, 000 girls aged between 12 and 14 are living in "early .....

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Gender Justice

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Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise

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05/09/2017

... Compromise The nation’s largest gay rights group plans to reject $325, 000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank ...

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Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

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05/17/2017

... Prudential Financial, Inc. has deepened its commitment to the financial wellness of American families. The company ... three-year $5 million partnership with the Aspen Institute to advance solutions that...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check In the last five years, dozens of schools have popped up ... unusual promise: Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few...

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Workforce Development

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

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08/31/2017

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment Mayor de Blasio ... who owe the Department of Buildings more than $25, 000 in fines from pulling new construction...

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Housing and Homelessness

Suspensions, Evaluations And The Absent Teacher Reserve: What A New Union Boss Has On His Mind

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08/31/2017

... principals have a nearly impossible job. Now, it’s up to him to help them get it done. This September, Cannizzaro ... and Administrators, the union that represents more than 6, 000 school...

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Education

Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a row. Seventeen of these schools — which enroll nearly 10, 000 kids — have been part of the mayor’s signature ... poorly that the city Department of...

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After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’

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09/06/2017

After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’ For 16 years, advocates for ... from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and ...

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One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos Denisse Rojas, ... in spite of our challenges." Rojas is one of some 800, 000 "Dreamers...

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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The ... Arrivals program. DACA, as it is known, has allowed 800, 000 people brought to the United States...

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Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?

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09/06/2017

... Era Transform the School Lunch? On a sweltering morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of ... across the stage of a convention hall here packed with 7, 000 members of the School Nutrition...

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