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The Century Foundation

How Mobile Games Can Help You Identify Your Next Great Employee (Rockefeller Foundation)

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03/28/2016

... kids that video games would help them land the right job in the future. But the exponential growth of technology ... skills, abilities, and intelligence do not come through in traditional hiring processes...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

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04/13/2016

... The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows ... found. The Trust is the third-largest community foundation in the U.S. The foundation's...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy ... Philanthropies, announces her latest book, Inequality in School Discipline, that...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

... Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics Many political commentators credit Donald ... obscures another important aspect of racial thinking. In a study of white Americans’...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/18/2017

Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and counterproductive...

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NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare

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03/31/2017

... nation's leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store for Medicare in this rapidly changing health care landscape. From 2014 to ... to that, he was Deputy Director for Programs and Policy...

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Video

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New York Health Foundation

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NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

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04/07/2017

... and state-specific, including New York State . In recent years, insurers, state governments, employers, and ... more easily available to individuals and families. In this changing landscape, how do Americans...

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New York Health Foundation

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs

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05/05/2017

... to expand young people’s access to economic opportunity in the South Bronx. As growing industries in the city require a more skilled workforce, this initiative ... employers in New York City...

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... and vaccination rates. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “The changes in behavior produced by nudges tend be quite cost effective .....

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... Turner of Wright, Wyo. “It used to be, there was fish in there,” he says. Now it’s one of 20 nearby springs that have dried up. Standing in front of his truck, Turner mournfully adds, “Coal is a ... Not only...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

... Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against ... $342,000 to underwrite the costs for two municipalities in issuing environmental impact...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

... by 2080. Winter cold snaps that once killed the beetles in their larval stage are becoming less frequent at the ... through 2050, according to the study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the ... Uniform Land Use Review Procedure through which a zoning change becomes law. As City Limits reported,...

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Community Development

Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna In her 2015 TED Talk, “What Do We Do When Antibiotics ... uncle who died of a basic infection after a minor injury in a firehouse in 1938. Most people back then...

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Food Systems

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

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09/15/2017

... wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years to come, absent policy change . The two institutes’ joint report bears the ominous ...

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Economic Security

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... Addictive Painkillers At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting ... pharmacies and doctors have come under intense scrutiny in recent years, but the role...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... obvious. Recently, however, a neurological study published in Nature Communications found there may be some biological ... all. The study showed that generosity changed the activity in people’s brains ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

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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 make it ... five...

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Community Development

Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes With time running short, ... repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act shifted money in the bill to Alaska and Maine, which are represented by ... “...

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