What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Walton is the best friend that charter schools can have . Since 1997, it's invested over $400 million to create .....
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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... six percent. Through this law, millions of New Yorkers have been able to enroll in high quality affordable health ... moderate-income families. Household bankruptcies are at their lowest levels in decades. In...
Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, have pledged $25 million toward a $90-million transformation ... for fund-raising. “Both Akiko and Jerry stand out for their support of the arts and...
Cuomo Warns NY House Republicans
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... on Wednesday Republican House members from New York who have supported broad changes to the Affordable Care Act, ...
Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... all economic groups, the wealthiest and most educated have been in a position to benefit even more because they ...
Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... is awarded annually to early-career playwrights who have not yet received an Off-Broadway production. . . ...
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... Labor shortages and skill gaps in New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the state’s ability to ...
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Help Reduce Violence in New York City They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve ... They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they...
Opinion: How Nonprofits Can Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve Fundraising
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... solutions, companies that are building AI capabilities have two development paths to consider: should they make their systems more conversational with users, or more able to assist users with automating and...
12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... increases the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing ...
Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Detention Center would be an ideal first step and we have already started to take a hard look at this site to ...
General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... recent months, Volvo, Aston Martin, and Jaguar Land Rover have announced similar moves. GM’s declaration, though, is ...
Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... 1999, the cloud computing giant and its CEO, Marc Benioff, have been trailblazers in redefining "corporate social ... to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce...
NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... staggering 55 percent, Bankrate.com says. And New Yorkers have it worse than almost anyone in the nation. . . NYers ...
Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... in Dublin, and Lea Giovanniello of Vienna, Va., and they have never met. Yet their workplace experiences and career paths — at a time ... both — are a testament to what’s possible. Here are their...
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... to make it acceptable, especially to Cumbo, who will have the final say in a few short weeks. . . Can ...
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... "The American dream has succeeded in aggregate. We have failed, in my view, to create the equality of .....
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop ... women and children subject to serious violations of their human rights, including...
Salesforce Launches $50 Million Impact Fund to Invest in Social Change Startup
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... 1999, the cloud computing giant and its CEO, Marc Benioff, have been trailblazers in redefining "corporate social ... to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce...
Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Everyone knows the old adage, “If you give a man a fish…” NHPR has a story with a new twist: “If you give a woman a menstrual pad…”