A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... and he didn’t solve it.” “People thought that I must have been cursed,” the father of nine added, clutching his ...
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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Fate of NYC’ s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry Recently ... firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’ s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. Bearing signs in ... brought to the...
Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... in San Francisco, the plaintiffs say Google knew or should have known about the pay disparity between men and women at ...
In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?
Release Date:
09/18/2017
In Year Three Of New York City’ s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’ s Next? In a recent Tuesday morning, Schools Chancellor ... investments the city has made in dozens of schools that...
In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... or numbness of neuropathy slow down her fight for Harlem’ s public schools. Armed with a petition to demand that the education department staff her neighborhood’ s school with librarians — as it’ s...
Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... return for its most recent fiscal year. The endowment’ s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, said that the fund was ... nonprofit organizations. And while many of the nation’ s largest endowments have...
JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... debate, a majority of the commissioners of the state’ s lobbying and ethics watchdog panel again found on Tuesday ... the commissioners of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics have ruled that the NYCLU must...
Seven Elements of A Results-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Beyond generating profit and employing people, businesses have the ability to be the leading drivers of change by ...
Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... 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 who ...
Seven Elements of a Results-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Beyond generating profit and employing people, businesses have the ability to be the leading drivers of change by ...
De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule
Release Date:
09/28/2017
De Blasio’ s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule Nearly ... only 48 of the 550 units promised under those contracts have come to fruition, a delay that advocates say stems from the administration’...
Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... her residency, she will be integrated into Atlantic’ s day-to-day operations and will receive a full production of ... is awarded annually to early-career playwrights who have not yet received an Off-Broadway...
‘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 ... nonprofit Cure Violence in 2010, drawing funds from the U. S . Department of Justice. East New York and the...
What Business Can Learn From Buddhism
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Business Can Learn From Buddhism Millennials, we are told, have a different attitude to work than their elders. They ...
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 buildings that are more resilient than even building codes require. There’ s...
De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... after a medical leave. “When I sign things, I guess it’ s one less word I have to write,” Sapienza, who started as an engineer 34 years ago with the agency that runs the city’ s water and...
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 particularly noteworthy because it’ s among the very largest automakers...
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 ... responsibility," with philanthropy baked into the company' s DNA. Now it...
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 ... still struggle with both — are a testament to what’ s possible. Here are their stories...