Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... who hold them, yet they can strongly influence someone’ s behavior. A new study by researchers at Duke University, for example, ...
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Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... 12, Citi Bike operator Motivate will begin installing 140 new stations and 2,000 bikes in Astoria, Crown Heights, ... 49. (You can see the final station maps on the city’ s website.) Citi Bike will also add...
The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ...
US States Embrace Baby Boxes
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... under the US health care system, so the states of Alabama, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Colorado are using the program ...
Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling ... the rural part of the country, about 75 percent of India’ s female population, have far less access to...
A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Helpings of Culinary Theory During the course of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But ... Mr. Stedman added that about 6,000 attended this year’ s Taste Talks—around three times...
Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International Organization for Migration (IOM) ...
Health at A Planetary Scale
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... built vast cities. We appropriate about half the planet’ s accessible fresh water and nearly half the desert-free land ... to hundreds of “dead zones” along coasts. (This year’ s Gulf of Mexico dead zone is...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize competition. The ... there in places like Africa and Latin America, and it’ s really tough to do that," says Rolf...
Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Report Finds U. S . Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’ s...
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’ s better to give than to receive. But is it really? The ... showed that generosity changed the activity in people’ s brains in ways that increase feelings of...
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’ s Hard. In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts ... to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll. A new health care bill before...
7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... digital payments, just as a minister of health announces new HIV drug procurement plans that could help turn the tide ...
The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the city’ s premier showcase for African-American art. And at the ... big sister and art world celebrity — was the museum’ s director and formidable steward,...
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ...
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation Kathy Halbreich’ s name has often surfaced over the years as a possible ... the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Manhattan as its new executive director, the...
Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Here’ s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food ... Safety For a guy who likes eating fast food because it’ s “very clean,” President Trump sure is blasé about ... sense (the Food Safety and...
MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... services providers to custom design, test, and launch new features and products that aim to increase financial ...
Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... around the country, in the first three years of Wallace’ s Youth Arts Initiative. The initiative is based on Something ... larger, generalist organization can use Something to Say’ s principles to establish...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher Highs ... Hubbard, assistant professor of management in Notre Dame' s Mendoza College of...