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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

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07/11/2017

... Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper Flavor Paper (flavorpaper.com) also produces ... inspiration. Some papers, such as Flowers, Elvi and the new Ali, have a distinctly Warhol...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia Children's Hospital suggests. The researchers say ... the health problems it eventually brings. The...

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

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08/04/2017

... zoning was in effect exclusionary, accomplishing much of the same results as explicit racial zoning. Because the ... notwithstanding the disparate racial impact, we need a new “economic fair housing act” to...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative

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08/09/2017

... Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED ... wastED initiative, a pop-up devoted to the theme of re-using foods that would otherwise be...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on ... to affect health. The Microbiome Immunity Project is a new , IBM-facilitated (NYSE: IBM...

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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... Rikers, rescuing failing schools – it can seem like New York’s most insurmountable crises are always being dealt with by cutting corners and taking the path of least resistance. This isn’t how it’s always been...

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‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector

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08/29/2017

... How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector “I am so tired of dealing with ‘grassroots’ organisations here in Haiti. ... during the course of our careers. Racism is evident when a new idea is only...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America In the wake of Charlottesville, the issue of ‘diversity’ has gone beyond Silicon Valley and ... Moreover, the geopolitical business scene is changing, and new...

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... in East Harlem gets a facelift every few months — a new mural painted by the Harlem Art Collective, which formed ... painted “the most political” one yet, says a founder of the collective, O’Sheena Smith, 38...

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy For those of us who experienced Superstorm Sandy, watching Texas suffer ... the water is still rising and tens of thousands remain at risk. Recovery...

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Environment and Climate Change

James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum

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08/30/2017

... Park first spent a summer in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, because “Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner were urging them to come,” Terrie Sultan, the director of the Parrish Art Museum, said in an...

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Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave

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08/29/2017

... Norah into the world. I couldn’t have imagined the rush of emotions I would feel or that I could have so many thoughts at once. One thing I wasn’t thinking about, however, was ... of Challah...

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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

... supporting the Affordable Care Act. But now, a coalition of Democratic organizations believes public opinion has swung ... lawmakers for attempting to undermine the success of a law that provides health...

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Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

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09/05/2017

... overweight. Although she can’t pinpoint the source of her feelings, she said they go back as far as she can ... yet they can strongly influence someone’s behavior. A new study by researchers at...

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

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09/06/2017

... 12, Citi Bike operator Motivate will begin installing 140 new stations and 2,000 bikes in Astoria, Crown Heights, ... and Harlem up to 130th Street, marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four-...

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For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

... liquids, gases and solids. In between science classes at a charter school in East New York, he broke down at his desk. The government had just ... three years that I have been teaching was...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering ver the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. ... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... Boxes Several states are adopting the Finnish practice of distributing “baby boxes” to expectant parents—and ... families about safe sleep for infants. Finland has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in...

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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling ... eligible for a 12 percent tax. The increase in the cost of sanitary napkins will force many women already...

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