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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

Standing Up For Housing Equality The racial debate raged 367 miles away ... members and supporters of the New York Communities for Change (NYCC) were on their third and final day of their ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... crucial technology. Antibiotic resistance is urgent enough for the U.N. to have called a General Assembly meeting to discuss it in 2016 and for the Obama Administration to have created an action plan ...

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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

Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by ... tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large...

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Economic Security

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid ...

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Health

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... it really? The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness ... if the generous act is small or only imagined. Scientists at the University of Zurich...

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The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

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09/19/2017

... five boroughs. This can lead to brilliant innovations that change the city as we know it—the subway may be a broken ... (Though the viability of some of those is questionable, at best.) So what could the...

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Community Development

Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can ... the start, CZI has sought to pull several major levers of change : It makes grants to 501(c)3...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend At the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, ... discuss opportunities created by Africa’s demographic change . Bringing together African...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist ... set your bail sky-high. Maybe they won’t offer you bail at all. And if you’re one of the people with the latter ... to...

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Justice Reform

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More Healthful Kids Meals? Panera CEO Dishes Out A Challenge

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09/27/2017

... says can be "nutritional nightmares." He says kids meals at many chains almost always come with french fries, .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation’s 100& Change competition began as an experiment in openness, in ... they receive this kind of focused...

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

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09/28/2017

... new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives ... fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That change could reduce the value of the...

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Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

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10/02/2017

... of recent retirees believe Social Security needs to change . . . Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, ...

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Economic Security

Opinion: Tax Reform Has Potential To Unlock Giving

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10/10/2017

... most agree that an updated tax code is needed — but not at the expense of our nation’s charities. We are pleased ... However, the recently released tax reform framework calls for doubling the standard...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... social responsibility (CSR) that can result in high praise for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

... to date in seven companies focused on developing therapies for T1D — including beta cell replacement therapies, a ... announced that Gina Agiostratidou, T1D program director at the Helmsley Charitable Trust,...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

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11/17/2017

... Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards What Works Cities, a ... in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in...

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Civic Engagement

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety

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01/05/2018

... Sacrificing Public Health and Safety The real work for city leaders today is to create not just new rules, but ... regulations that better fit the dynamism and pace of change of cities themselves. Many city...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

... in several new U.S. markets, increase wages and benefits for hourly U.S. employees, make increased small business and ... inclusive economic growth and help create opportunity for more Americans. The $20...

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