Dozens of human services agencies and foundations in New York City are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for a $50 million boost to the budget for foster care next year. The funding would go toward full-time life coaches and tutors for current and former...
The accelerated minimum-wage hike that New York state imposed on fast-food establishments has not stopped them from proliferating in the city. Taco Bell, Chick-fil-A and others smell opportunity as rising costs squeeze out small fry.
The National Priorities Project, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund ... has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. The National Priorities Project, Inc. (NPP), an RBF grantee, has ... combined…. A Nobel Peace...
... the Carnegie Corporation of New York — are funding a " National Purpose Initiative" to engage hundreds of thousands ... and face-to-face, in order to create a shared agenda of national priorities by...
Peterson Foundation on National Debt Surpassing $21 Trillion Michael A. Peterson, ... Daily Treasury Statement released this afternoon. “Our national debt reached a staggering $21 trillion today, having .....
National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution ... as a platform for debate. In response to this phenomenon, National Geographic has launched a two-hour special called ... picture of ideas and attitudes...
Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...
Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates Each person’s death gives us a moment to ... to policy challenges. Pete Peterson played large on the national stage, in business, politics, and policy. In recent .....
Patricia Eng at the New York Women’s Foundation, writes about her recent discovery that this country draws its own roots from the principles of governance in tribal nations, yet this is not taught as part of American history.
The Teagle Foundation Partners with the National Endowment for the Humanities The Teagle Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are partnering ... prematurely... The Teagle Foundation...