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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...

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Environment and Climate Change

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U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau

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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 Bureau reported Tuesday.

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

Natural disasters like hurricanes Harvey and Irma can displace people and leave them scrambling to find stability and routine.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities

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09/13/2017

Median household income rose to $59,039 in 2016, a 3.2 percent increase from the previous year. Yet the Census Bureau report also points to the sources of deeper anxieties among U.S. workers. Inequality remains high, with the top fifth of earners...

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Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

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09/13/2017

Food is the number one cause of poor health in America.

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Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers

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09/14/2017

Domestic workers face particularly tough challenges, since they are often low-income and may be employed by families, making them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports, writes Shayna Strom of the...

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Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

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09/19/2017

... way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes this week with Trump in ...

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Immigration

As the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps Up

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09/20/2017

... marquee attraction during the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, a place where heads of state, ...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

Independent charter schools view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks.

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Education

Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world.

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Gender Justice

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

Called the NH Humanities Collaborative, the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports the...

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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

Billionaire Warren Buffett says America will continue to prosper overall, but government and philanthropists should do more to ensure that poverty doesn't remain a barrier success.

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Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed

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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...

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Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

... Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.

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U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through

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10/06/2017

The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for September on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.

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Workforce Development

Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors

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10/06/2017

A new study sponsored by the nation’s second largest grantmaker, Fidelity Charitable, highlights regional differences of giving in the United States.

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting...

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New United Hospital Fund Report Assesses Insurance Market, and Impact of Recent Trump Administration Actions

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10/31/2017

New York’s individual market is vastly improved since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but trends suggest the need to consider options that would bolster the market, while recent actions by the Trump administration may make that...

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