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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 remember. And she is hardly alone. Decades ... yet they can strongly influence...

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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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Community Development

BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

... social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative raises awareness that ... the first campaigns to partner with Instagram to use their new ads in stories format...

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Food Systems

The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering ver the past decade, businesses ... Those included traditional philanthropic activities such as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well ...

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

... locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals. Global developmental mandates and economic ... planning models often reduce India’s poor to a set of abstract data. Along with funding flows...

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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 ... mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a result, parents save time and...

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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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A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory

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09/11/2017

A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory During the course of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But ... be something...

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NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website

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09/12/2017

... commonly performed health care services. The next phase of the site—expected in February 2018—will also include ... The website is www.YouCanPlanForThis.org With out- of -pocket costs on the rise, more people...

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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

... Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation Young migrants and refugees ... come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International...

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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... or two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed vast amounts of energy, cleared countless forests, dammed thousands of...

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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

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and ... in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its...

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Housing and Homelessness

Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched on September 19, combines 21 of the foremost neuroscience laboratories in the United ... into...

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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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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

... from Global Goals Week No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global ... might unveil its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ... leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try to rework the...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... to tend to, he can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters ... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new undersecretary post where it...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

Nonprofits 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...

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