Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Food is the number one cause of poor health in America.
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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... “Although there have been minor improvements that move us in the right direction, we continue to institutionalize a ...
American Cities Lead the Way Amongst 25 Climate Change Projects Competing to be C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners Eleven US cities, including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York ... Awards 2017 will have a special focus on the leadership of US cities on the global...
Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks
Release Date:
09/19/2017
As hurricanes and floods grab headlines, heatwaves associated with climate change are claiming lives around the world.
Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he wants to help—are doing much better these days. The question is how much credit he deserves for it.
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.
Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
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.
Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Chefs Boot Camp initiative is part of the James Beard Foundation's education and outreach programming and represents a relatively new step in the culinary community: the recognition that chefs can — and should — try to influence food-systems policy...
What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City.
Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success
Release Date:
09/27/2017
How do you judge how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance?
Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... be able to do that this week, but it still lies ahead of us , and we haven’t given up on that.” . . . Senate ...
Can You Ask for Salary History in Your State?
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Your lawyer might agree with Miss Manners that you shouldn’t ask people how much money they make, especially if they’re job candidates.
Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Americans who were left behind as the country pulled out of the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three years, the Federal Reserve reported.
New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. is rethinking whether to seek tax-exempt status for a New York foundation that the company said would become its biggest shareholder, raising questions about its plans for the charity.
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City
Release Date:
10/02/2017
They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve neighborhood conflicts before they turn violent. They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they escalate, requiring the police.
School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... unique, difficult and unprecedented situation that none of us has experienced before,” Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico’s ...
Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... and the nonprofit sector, I wonder what’s holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more ...
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Google says over the next five years it will spend $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its employees to a million hours of volunteer work doing the same.
Citi Foundation Selects The Opportunity Network for Grant to Expand Programs That Prepare New York City’s Youth for Careers
Release Date:
10/25/2017
... organizations across the United States, will help us promote the adoption of new ideas that arise from Youth ...
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.