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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... public works of art. “It always turns out that those who resist in the early stages, the (NYCHA) tenant leaders, ... Bentsi-Enchill, Groundswell’s youth development manager, who joined the organization in 2015...

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Arts

Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

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08/31/2017

... — from 11 million to 19 million women (Exhibit 1). Women who lost their employer coverage had few places to turn. In most states, Medicaid was available only to women who were pregnant, parents with very low...

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Gender Justice

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Executive Director of the Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company

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09/05/2017

... Borough Series, they are honoring “The Influentials,” who are 25 prominent individuals living or working in Staten ... to mix and mingle with people from the borough and people who helped shape the borough...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... cribs filled with baby supplies to any expectant mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a ... and proponents say the boxes may also protect infants who sleep in them from being smothered...

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled through Libya to seek asylum in Italy, violence ... longer journeys. Most vulnerable of all are those who , like Mohammad, come from sub-...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

... stepped in just this past weekend to remove a young boy who reportedly told school officials on Staten Island that ... dispute involving school officials and parents who have sued over treatment of their “...

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

... and Maine, which are represented by Republican senators who appear reluctant to support it. The revised version of ... Alaska and its holdout Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski, who has yet to say how she will...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... in a matter of seconds — by a bail magistrate or a judge who has access to your record. Maybe they’ll let you go. ... you’re one of the people with the latter fate or someone who can’t post cash bail, you’ll...

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Justice Reform

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations Latinos, who make up nearly a third of the New York City population, ... look at the city’s roughly 2.4 million Latino residents, who comprise at least 20 different...

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

... with conflicts of interest,” according to investors who are suing to stop the $850 million sale. The group of ... and San Francisco-based investment firm Belveron Partners who collectively own a 15.4 percent...

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Housing and Homelessness

Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... 2011 she assisted an operation of hundreds of volunteers, who walked neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs—both ... the mismatch between the surging number of homeless people who have lost housing due to...

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Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country

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10/02/2017

... In D.C., Around The Country “Trust black women!” “ Who do you serve? Who do you protect?” “Puerto Rico is part of America!” ...

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Gender Justice

More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help

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10/02/2017

... broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution. ... a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent who assists the task force. "...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... this announcement came from the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and other anti-smoking entities. The founder and ... World, Derek Yach, a former senior official at the WHO , said collaboration was necessary to...

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Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

... deduction, which would be available to taxpayers who itemize as well as those who do not and merely take the standard deduction, currently ...

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P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

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10/20/2017

... (P2CP) anxiously waited to greet a group of visitors who had traveled to the prison specifically to meet them. ... special event,” said Dylan Knapp, a current P2CP student who was scheduled to speak on a panel...

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Justice Reform

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Sam Adler-Bell, Policy Associate at the Century Foundation, Spoke With WNYC About the Ongoing J20 Case

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12/21/2017

... inauguration. Nearly a year later, about 200 people who participated in those protests continue to face multiple ... are underway for the first six of those defendants, who are awaiting a verdict that could...

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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

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01/25/2018

... program aims to identify early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within ... our outgoing Fellow and work closely with another Fellow, who started her two-year stint in...

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RFPs Etc

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless experience high levels of trauma, assault, ... new insights to the challenges faced by America’s youth who experience homelessness. “Our...

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