U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. The nation ’s poverty rate fell to 12.7 percent in 2016, with ...
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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Natural disasters like hurricanes Harvey and Irma can displace people and leave them scrambling to find stability and routine.
The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness
Release Date:
09/13/2017
"Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent...
Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... of healthy gains, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The nation ’s poverty rate fell to 12.7 percent, returning ...
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Food is the number one cause of poor health in America.
Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Billionaire investor George Soros announced a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting president of his global foundation following the departure of Christopher Stone.
Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Domestic workers face particularly tough challenges, since they are often low-income and may be employed by families, making them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports, writes Shayna Strom of the...
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
... for many nonprofit organizations. And while many of the nation ’s largest endowments have yet to report returns, ...
Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Independent charter schools view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks.
Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... men who say women are ruining the tech world. Now, as the nation ’s technology capital — long identified as one of ...
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
In April 2015, Aaron Bryant rushed to be there when demonstrations swept through Baltimore on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. He filmed protesters angered by Mr. Gray’s death throwing rocks, watched the helicopters overhead and listened to...
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.
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Billionaire Warren Buffett says America will continue to prosper overall, but government and philanthropists should do more to ensure that poverty doesn't remain a barrier success.
Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... on bond while their cases make their way through the nation ’s clogged immigration courts. Lawyers for the ...
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...
Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for September on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.