The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far
Release Date:
10/05/2015
A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.
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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... cut its support of several initiatives, including LGBT rights in the United States, direct cash transfers in Latin ...
Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... in Harlem. “We had a federal investigation for civil rights violations, and it is a truly troubled facility and I ...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities
Release Date:
06/10/2016
In partnership with the New York State Health Foundation, the nonprofit In Our Backyards — also known as ioby — has launched a neighborhood challenge looking for project ideas aimed at creating healthier, safer and greener communities.
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs
Release Date:
01/06/2017
Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger negative economic impacts...
Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... son and daughter-in-law, announced it had won the rights to restore and redevelop the former prison. The ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies
Release Date:
02/15/2017
A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.
'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... Focus on Science and Technology FilmRise has acquired U.S. rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is ...
Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts
Release Date:
05/08/2017
Fare & Square is a non-profit supermarket opened by Philabundance to counter the massive food desert that is Chester, which for more than a decade before its opening had no grocery store. Residents in Chester, about a third of whom live in...
The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare
Release Date:
05/15/2017
Looking to improve healthcare quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers, patients and employers, the center reports there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare.
Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet
Release Date:
05/15/2017
New ideas could form as computer scientists and researchers from a variety of fields hold meetings, chat over lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways. That’s the kind of research environment the Simons Foundation is trying to cultivate...
Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... issues such as the environment, global health, human rights , emerging democracies, freedom of expression and ...
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...
To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead
Release Date:
07/05/2017
One of Michael Bloomberg's main contributions to the global fight against climate change has been to help mobilize cities to curb greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of life for ciitzens. Now, he is looking to do the same with improving...
Audacious Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century.
Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... symbols, for example, and a piece devoted to women’s rights on the barrier that hides a vacant lot. But this ...
The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Metropolitan Museum of Art is trying to right itself after several years of staff unrest, financial mismanagement and overreach.
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... of a fair policy of paid leave which protects teachers’ rights to care for and bond with their own children.” . . . ...