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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 taking the opportunity to also ... year, similar boxes are debuting on a large...

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Children, Youth and Families

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union workers, nor does the United Federation...

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Gender Justice

Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline

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09/15/2017

Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline A federal judge in Brooklyn on ... for young undocumented immigrants to apply to stay in the United States...

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Immigration

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk...

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Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation

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09/22/2017

... than 200 people attended the dinner held at the Museum of the City of New York. Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of The Foundation said, “We are excited by this opportunity to...

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Civic Engagement

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

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09/22/2017

... on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend At the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious food. For nearly four decades, the food bank ... in need. Today, more than 200 food banks...

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Food Systems

Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

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09/25/2017

... ‘Just Dangling’ Violeta Gomez-Uribe, 32, goes to kickboxing classes in Brooklyn. Eduardo Garcia, 22, lifts ... and tries to stay off social media to avoid “the tsunami of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy ... over the last several months that delivered a punch to the gut of our national self-regard, challenging...

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Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?

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09/29/2017

... takeout from a local restaurant, express-deliver flowers to a friend across the country, and make a gift to my ... solicitations to cut costs and ease the staffing burden of...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

... Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale Owners of Starrett City are trying to offload the massive Brooklyn housing complex – which ... a deal “riven with conflicts of interest,”...

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Housing and Homelessness

How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... Cities? People love living near the coast. Only two of the world's top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo ... county populations increased by 39 percent between 1970 to 2010. As the population...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. ... However, without a clear focus on what they are trying to effect, the direction they want...

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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 people from ... in a four-day nationwide operation targeting cities that United States Immigration and Customs...

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Immigration

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests

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10/03/2017

... Interests In his essay for the first installment of the Mellon Foundation’s Our Compelling Interests book ... author William H. Frey stated, “I am convinced that the United States is in the midst of...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... Robot Will Not Steal Your Job The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in ... jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5...

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Workforce Development

As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... Bloomberg Philanthropies recently gave another $64 million to a campaign that’s closing down coal plants in the United States, one telling headline came from ... And Kentucky is caught in the middle.” While...

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Environment and Climate Change

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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

... a $20 billion, five-year comprehensive investment to help its employees, and support job and local economic growth in the United States. The firm has always believed that the highest and best use of...

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Economic Security

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Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health

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03/26/2018

... Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health The purpose of the Healthiest Communities project is to provide residents, policymakers and health leaders with ... foundation-...

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