Ms. Foundation President Writes in 'The Hill' About Protecting Water in Flint, Standing Rock
Release Date:
12/08/2016
... water crisis in Flint, Mich. - despite their promise to do so. Meanwhile, one thousand miles from Flint, water ...
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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Whether you call it gig working, the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues
Release Date:
02/10/2017
... University’s Faculty House in Morningside Heights. How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by ...
Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... peers in educational achievement, in part because schools do not provide adequate instruction and social-emotional ...
Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... cope better with their loss. They score more food than do female bats who only invest in close kin. . . ...
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement
Release Date:
06/22/2017
In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... and humor, but it may take a while. It is difficult to do so when my organization’s work is to develop leaders of ...
Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.
Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... Don't mess with your fellow New Yorkers. As a city, we do not take kindly to anything that affronts our people. We .....
Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low-wage workers’ rights ...
How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a quarter of sea level rise ...
Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he wants to help—are doing much better these days. The question is how much credit he deserves for it.
DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... two more years of DACA. The cost is $495. But they have to do so quickly, because Trump only gave them until October 5th ...
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Fewer Americans are marrying over all, and whether they do so is more tied to socioeconomic status than ever before. ...
Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success How do you judge how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? ...
New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a comprehensive plan outlining how New York City will attempt to comply with the goal of curbing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... whatever damage the storms caused, Wall Street analysts do not expect it to significantly undermine the labor market ...
A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... bond market for potential investors and issuers seeking to do more to protect the planet. . . A Green Bond Primer: ...
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Google says over the next five years it will spend $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its employees to a million hours of volunteer work doing the same.
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts
Release Date:
10/16/2017
A new report out from JPMorgan Chase as part of its global workforce training efforts can help provide a roadmap for businesses and other organizations interested in doing more to equip young people with the skills they need to put them on a pathway...