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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think ... By contrast, white households are projected to see their wealth increase... Report Finds U...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... insurers — and the pharmacy benefit managers that run their drug plans — have played in the opioid crisis has ... less attention. That may be changing, however. The New York State attorney general’s office...

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Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

... Linda Lausell Bryant, created a variety of programs at New York University’s (NYU) Silver School of Social Work ...

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... The day before students returned to class this month, New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public ... of publicly penalizing students — whether stamping their wrists, calling them out of line...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched ...

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Report Finds Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island

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09/26/2017

... Gaps in Access to Opioid Addiction Help on Staten Island New York City was in the throes of an alarming increase in ...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... all these policies, and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit organization called The Greenfield Project aims ... It hopes to support small and mid-sized farms that treat their animals and the...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ... deduction, meaning millions fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That...

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Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation

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09/28/2017

... the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Manhattan as its new executive director, the organization plans to announce on ...

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... Paulo — are not coastal. The rest — Tokyo, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, Lagos, Los Angeles, Calcutta and Buenos ...

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

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10/04/2017

... sense (the Food Safety and Inspection Service) to a brand- new undersecretary post where it arguably does not. . . ...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and ... activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 .....

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... arts-focused organizations that identified 10 principles their programs appear to share. BGCA, the main grantee in the ... Three years later, researchers found that each of the new programs met all the...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful. Nearly two years later, not a ... in its school accountability system. That raises some new questions: Did backers of social...

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... humans as robots who always made choices that maximized their outcomes. But Thaler showed how very human traits, such ... Thaler said of the basic premise of his work. When the New York Times asked him how he...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the ... of Houston venue. The team members needed to see their hard work realized, says Nancy Giles, the...

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Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

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10/10/2017

... for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. "Higher Highs .....

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

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10/2017

... of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions New York, NY — October 24, 2017. Foundation Center and the ... Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) announce the fourth edition of their annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions. The new report documents $23 billion in private, public, ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based JPB Foundation. By funding the library ...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... to ensure understanding, allowing defendants to voice their concerns, and emphasizing...

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