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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

... the Affordable Care Act. The group will soon launch a new website that will be highly critical of Tom Price, the ...

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Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

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09/05/2017

... pinpoint the source of her feelings, she said they go back as far as she can remember. And she is hardly alone. Decades ago, ... yet they can strongly influence someone’s behavior. A new...

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

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09/07/2017

... In between science classes at a charter school in East New York, he broke down at his desk. The government had just ... brought to the country at a young age. Under DACA, as the program is known, they attended...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... Those included traditional philanthropic activities such as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a result, parents save time and money, and proponents say ... under the US health care system, so the states of Alabama, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... over their personal information online. In July, The New York Times reported that the Mexican government uses ... campaign began meeting in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to share resources to combat...

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Gender Justice

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 ...

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A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory

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09/11/2017

... Helpings of Culinary Theory During the course of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But ... be something different, organizers say. That is, it puts as much emphasis on the...

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Food Systems

Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International Organization for Migration (IOM) ... children (adolescents aged 14–17) and youth (18–24), as recorded in their responses to...

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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... making national headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists, neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan ... while completely unrelated, members and supporters of the New York Communities for...

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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... planet are so profound that earth scientists have named a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. . . Health at A ...

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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

... proposals to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, failed to pass a Republican-controlled ... one of his favorite causes. In a Wednesday op-ed in the New York Times, the former...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... called Green City Force, which empowers young adults from New York City’s public housing developments with the ...

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Workforce Development

NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the ...

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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 ... It projects that, if current household wealth trends ( as have occurred between 1983 and...

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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 System? As leading Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’s ... for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy access to generic opioid ... less attention. That may be changing, however. The New York State attorney general’s...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are obvious. Recently, ... on themselves. The other half were instructed to choose a new recipient each week on whom to spend...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... of computers, indulging in a world of knowledge that many New Yorkers take for granted. It was a hive of activity, one ...

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