Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Who Were Born After The Attacks "Never forget" became a national rallying cry after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. .....
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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... inconclusive, while a 2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found increased carbon ...
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 Bureau reported Tuesday.
Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... disaster, said Ruth Glenn, the executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Disasters leave ...
Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities
Release Date:
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...
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food The national debate on health care is moving into a new, ...
JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/15/2017
JPMorgan Chase wants to do for Chicago's South and West sides what it has begun to do for Detroit. The nation's biggest bank, and also the largest in Chicago, is committing $40 million over the next three years to help rebuild and re-energize parts...
Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders
Release Date:
09/19/2017
President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes this week with Trump in...
As the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps Up
Release Date:
09/20/2017
After Bill and Hillary Clinton announced the end of their signature conference during last year’s presidential campaign, Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York and billionaire, has stepped unto the breach.
Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Describing the results as “disappointing,” Harvard University reported on Tuesday that its $37.1 billion endowment earned an 8.1 percent return for its most recent fiscal year.
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.
Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... York, NY as an impactful model for replication. NYFA, a national arts organization with a myriad of online resources ...
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
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...
In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... nor a participant in the protest. He was a curator for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, ...
12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... the Waterfront Alliance launched in 2015, will soon go national , the nonprofit’s president and CEO Roland Lewis ...
Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of the Albany region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center.
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...
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly...
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Texas and neighboring states knocked down September’s national payroll totals. But whatever damage the storms ...
Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors
Release Date:
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.