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Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

The history of racism isn’t particular to Charlottesville – New York must recognize white supremacy in our own backyard and we must take steps to upend it.

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Gender Justice

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... like Africa and Latin America, and it’s really tough to do that," says Rolf Huber, managing director of the .....

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Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline

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09/14/2017

"Men are doing worse than they were in 1973," said Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, which focuses on poverty research. "Women's earnings are substantially higher, but men's earnings have declined."

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Economic Security

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... 88 percent of middle schools and high schools in the city do not have a licensed health education teacher – with most ...

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After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

... Blasio. “At the end of the day, de Blasio, you need to do something about those metal detectors in these schools ...

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New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

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10/02/2017

... like to see and clearly we all have much more work to do .” . . . New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight .....

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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

When the Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful.

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... half-century. How is it that the aftermath of 2008 could do so much damage to the economy, yet lead to such a low ...

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Workforce Development

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... not the most advantageous in the long term. “In order to do good economics, you have to keep in mind that people are ...

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Economic Security

Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

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11/02/2017

UW scientists can weave digital passwords and IDs into the threads of your clothing.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

... Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World? Introduction: ...

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Food Systems

President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF

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01/26/2018

... to Davos 17 years ago. But she said that organizers could do much more to correct the gender imbalance. Baird said ...

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Gender Justice

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

... chairman and president, was instructed by Bloomberg to " do something that will keep New York on the cultural edge." .....

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Arts

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet

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05/25/2018

... including fewer seizures for children with epilepsy who do not respond to anti-epileptic medications, said Elaine ...

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