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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us ; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed ... built vast cities. We appropriate about half the planet’ s accessible fresh water and...

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Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

... The protests were powerful affirmations of our city’ s stance against racism and hatred. But even though New York ... place, we must not let this reputation blindside us . The history of racism isn’t particular...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

... to have created an action plan in 2015. It’ s also common enough that many parents now think twice before ... as much as 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the U. S . are given to animals (more than 63,000...

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Food Systems

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... there in places like Africa and Latin America, and it’ s really tough to do that," says Rolf Huber, managing ... director of the foundation. "The prize was a way for us to get coverage and attention...

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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, lacking access to both coverage through the U. S . Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA health ...

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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’ s better to give than to receive. But is it really? The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... in Washington DC have together committed more than US $13 million over five years to kick-start the IBL. The ...

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Science

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Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

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09/20/2017

... Up, Poverty Down New data for 2016, released by the U. S . Census Bureau last week, shows continued healthy gains in ... Wages, Broader Advances: Seven Indicators of New York’ s Economic Health.” The Census...

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Economic Security

New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

... do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or ... 18 by Harvard University Press, presents Ignatieff’ s discoveries and his interpretation of...

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International/Global Affairs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

... Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony Speaking before the U. S . Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of ...

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Aging

LDN Fund Officially Launched

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09/22/2017

... (UNCCD) in Ordos, China. With an initial target size of US $300 million, the LDN Fund is a first-of-its-kind ...

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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

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09/22/2017

... $390 billion awarded to charities last year. The lion’ s share was from high net worth individuals, an estimated 91% ... with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U. S . Trust, Bank of America’...

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... than 46 million people, or more than 14 percent of the US population. These hubs supply food pantries, churches, and ...

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Environment & Sustainability

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Food Systems

Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... in the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University' s Mailman School of Public Health, the first academic program in climate and health in the U. S ., lead the Consortium, with input from an...

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... Curtain At Macarthur Foundation The MacArthur Foundation’ s 100&Change competition began as an experiment in openness, ... strategy, we decided to issue a public, open call: “Tell us what problems $100...

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Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline

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09/29/2017

... to the New DACA Deadline Since President Donald Trump’ s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for ... some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U. S . in their youth to live, work...

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... People love living near the coast. Only two of the world' s top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo Paulo — ... and Buenos Aires — are. Around half of the world' s 7.5 billion people live within...

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More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help

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10/02/2017

... Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help The tipster' s account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a ... to an anti-trafficking task force operating in Virginia' s Hampton Roads area...

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Women & Girls

New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

New York’ s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law New York state’ s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an ... or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It’ s...

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