New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... requires prospective teachers to submit a portfolio of work including a video of themselves teaching — from 41 to ...
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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...
Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... we have to do to protect them from flood damage. Yet the work has not been done. . . Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - ...
Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable. While the general ...
Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project
Release Date:
09/15/2017
After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the two deteriorating, century-old train tunnels between New York and New Jersey threaten economic disaster and paralysis for the region and the nation.
Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the search giant of discriminating against its female employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs.
Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says
Release Date:
09/18/2017
With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most.
DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... expires after that date is not allowed to reapply to work in the U.S. legally and avoid deportation, because ...
Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... science the cornerstone of its international development work , collecting data on things like vaccines and ...
Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... attention: even last night’s version of the bill won’t work . Graham-Cassidy would, as of 2020, take the funds ...
The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged.
Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... capital — long identified as one of the more hostile work environments for women — reels from a series of ...
Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production
Release Date:
09/26/2017
In May 2015, the entertainment producer Harvey Weinstein arranged for two items to be auctioned off at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. Now there is controversy about what happened after the auction.
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD responses to “emotionally disturbed person” (EDP) calls, the slow pace of implementation for new NYPD crisis intervention training, and the tragic outcomes of...
How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Patricia Constantine thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this year’s ArtPrize contest. The mixed-media painting depicts Ms. Constantine as a carnival freak suffering for the perceived...
Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Amy Staats will be the 2017–2018 playwright-in-residence as well as the lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. The Tow Foundation supports the playwright-in-residence...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... president of the Center for Research Libraries—will work with participants to examine and address the technical, ...
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...
De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.