Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions
Release Date:
05/26/2017
... shows, generated a great deal of sadness. In 2010, one year after the official end of the recession, reported ...
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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... of the globe's biggest inequalities and threats by the year 2030... IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve .....
Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... in a market where sales will surge 30 percent this year to a record $123 billion, according to a Bloomberg New ...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...
Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... funds will aide the organization to implement its multi- year strategic plan. “As we move forward with implementing ...
Cuomo Administration Bullish On State Climate Action After RGGI Agreement
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said there's a good chance the Northeast agreement between states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the power sector will expand after the members this week agreed to lower caps in...
Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.
Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The British media company, The Guardian, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide revenue problems: philanthropy.
Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs More than a year -and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially ...
How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U.S. ...
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... public-private collaboration is the first between a four- year college in the state university system and the ...
Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... devastation from Harvey, southeastern Texas was enduring a year unlike any before. The daily surface temperature of the ...
Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year . Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting ...
Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... (NII) hoped to address when it launched earlier this year . . . Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake ...
F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years.
After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year , Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly strange school ...
Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’
Release Date:
09/05/2017
They are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a row.
Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... what used to be the philanthropic get-together of the year : the glittery Clinton Global Initiative, filled with ...
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Berklee, a music education program, is taking over a legendary New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding.
My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative that later spun off into a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit known as the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, or MBK, will merge with the Obama Foundation.