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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

As leading Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposal to vastly expand Medicare to cover all Americans, Republicans are fighting back with familiar critiques of such a single-payer system.

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid ...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

“It’s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John Schoettler, Amazon’s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement this spring that the company’s Seattle headquarters will incorporate a shelter for...

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

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09/25/2017

... Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes With time running short, the authors of the latest plan to repeal ...

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Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

The United States champions itself as a beacon of democracy, yet nearly a century after granting its women citizens the right to vote, it clocks in behind ninety-eight other countries with regard to women’s participation as representatives in...

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Gender Justice

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... of Hunter College. “But it’s also a waste of time and effort.” Explanations vary for what went wrong in ...

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Community Development

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... important executive matters to tend to, he can’t find time ?) After just nine months of controlling policy, he’s ...

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Food Systems

Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

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10/10/2017

A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disabilities

Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know

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10/24/2017

... at Ballet Austin through this Discussion Guide. Over time , BAS will study a total of 25 performing arts ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

The report touches on universal themes—among them, the need for nonprofits to build reserves, the importance of contingency planning by nonprofit executives and boards, and the need for funders to support nonprofit overhead—its natural focus was on...

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Education

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... them. The practice may also benefit doctors by reducing time spent on documentation, according to a UCLA press ...

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Jim Simons, the Numbers King

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12/13/2017

... and when he retired he found himself spending most of his time managing his charitable assets and evaluating grant ...

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With Funding From The JPB Foundation, Cities Connecting Children to Nature, Engages Second Cohort of Cities in 2017-2020 Phase

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12/18/2017

... the ages and in every culture, childhood has included time playing in and exploring the outdoors. Yet over the last ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

... socially and intellectually, yet today’s kids have less time and fewer opportunities to play than any previous ...

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Peterson Foundation on National Debt Surpassing $21 Trillion

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03/19/2018

... and diminishes America’s role in the world. During a time of low unemployment and economic expansion, we should be ...

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Economic Security

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

A new study by UJA-Federation of New York finds that the executive director/administrator role is increasingly critical to helping synagogues manage mounting challenges to fiscal and operational stability. Fewer than half of the nearly 2,000...

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