U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... Middle-class household income set an all-time record last year , besting the previous high set in 1999, the U.S. Census ...
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Edith Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... age of 88. Judith Kasen-Windsor, whom Windsor married last year , confirmed her death in a statement. . . Edith Windsor, ...
'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The chocolate giant Mars is promising to spend close to $1 billion over the next few years fighting climate change.
The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... indeed, there has been a spate of articles in the last year about related practices among both Democrats and ...
The Holocaust Museum Sought Lessons on Syria. What It Got Was a Political Backlash.
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... could have lessened the bloodshed, now in its sixth year . Museum leaders and the study’s authors had sought ...
DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible
Release Date:
09/21/2017
At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5, 2018.
Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project
Release Date:
09/25/2017
For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 settlement meeting with the small band of opponents who had tied up his plans for a $250 million park and cultural center in the Hudson River for more than two years.
Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world.
More Than 1 Million People Uprooted From Their Homes By Lingering Violence In Kasai, DRC
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... homes since a violent anti-Government revolt erupted last year in Kasai. The displacement, destruction and looting of ...
How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this year ’s ArtPrize contest. The mixed-media painting depicts ...
Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Amid a nationwide surge in immigration arrests spearheaded by the Trump administration, the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday whether immigrants facing deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a...
Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site
Release Date:
10/10/2017
For years, political rivalries, ethnic disputes and litigation have defined the trajectory of development in a section of Brooklyn that borders Hasidic Jewish, Hispanic and African-American communities.
Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... in Delaware—where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested per year . The pieces of legislation aim to ensure juveniles have ...
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State
Release Date:
10/17/2017
Prudential sponsors the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer community service.
Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day
Release Date:
10/17/2017
Two years ago the Rockefeller Foundation launched our YieldWise initiative, dedicated to helping cut such post-harvest losses in half.
Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings Conservation Center
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has received a $3.5 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish and endow a center dedicated to the conservation, mounting and study of Asian paintings.
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners Early this year , The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the ...
Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... argue the bill, passed in the waning days of this year 's legislative session and now on Cuomo's desk, doesn’t .....
Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California
Release Date:
06/01/2018
Among the recommendations of an April report from the progressive think-tank The Century Foundation was a call to shift the focus of the Cal Grant program from covering tuition costs to helping students meet the full cost of attending college.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census
Release Date:
06/29/2018
... look at child well-being in the United States. In this year ’s Data Book, the Foundation noted that about 4.5 ...