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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital violence. Today, ... over their personal information online. In July, The...

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Women & Girls

Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene ... Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling .....

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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 ... that looked at everything from the growing...

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Food Systems

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

... or secure better futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled ... risked our lives to come here,” he says, “we crossed a sea. We knew it is not safe, so we...

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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... The racial debate raged 367 miles away from Long Island in Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday, Aug. 12, making national headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of ... report,...

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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

Health at A Planetary Scale The human footprint on the earth has grown ... land surface to feed ourselves. The results are evident at a planetary scale. The globe is warming. Oceans are becoming ... planet are so...

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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill The Capitol Hill ... Care Act, also known as Obamacare, failed to pass a Republican-controlled Congress, lawmakers looked poised to...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna McKay never expected she would one day have a full-time job in the sustainable energy industry. She lived...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the ... Care Act (ACA). Prior to ACA implementation, nearly 1 in 10 non-elderly veterans were...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...

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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

... are fighting back with familiar critiques of such a single-payer system. Mr. Sanders argued for his “Medicare for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York...

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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 epidemic, many insurers are limiting ... less attention. That may be changing, however. The...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... benefits of selfishness are obvious. Recently, however, a neurological study published in Nature Communications found there may be some biological ... on themselves. The other half were instructed to choose...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into ... Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... and picturesque piers, the most popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the ... its squat concrete frame and fluorescent lights — a far cry from the neighboring brownstones...

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Housing and Homelessness

The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... The day before students returned to class this month, New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. The move came a...

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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it’s easier than others — say, at a ... clinic, two places that Andrew Jacobs, a...

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