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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’ s better to give than to ... published in Nature Communications found there may be some biological truth...

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Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’ s Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to leverage ... set aside as affordable. At a cursory glance, the...

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Housing and Homelessness

City Council Examines Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Courts

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09/19/2017

... of Domestic Violence Courts The City Council’ s Courts and Legal Services Committee held an oversight hearing on Monday dedicated to New York’ s Integrated Domestic Violence Courts, a ... not...

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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... about their health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it’ s easier than others — say, at a program for overweight ...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John ... seen, permanence and solvability are front-of-mind for...

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Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors

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09/21/2017

Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors Rhea Wong never felt comfortable using ... solve a thorny problem or better achieve its goals. "It’ s a way to get...

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New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

... issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of ... The new order is more far-reaching than the president’ s original travel ban, imposing...

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Immigration

Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle It can be hard to notice when something is missing, particularly in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet' s vast and churning piles of information,...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

U. S . Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search ... records can be kept on paper, electronically or through some paper-electronic combination. . . U. S...

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Immigration

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

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09/28/2017

... Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try to rework the tax code. However, the plan would roughly ... deduction as a tax incentive and...

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East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council

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10/03/2017

East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council On Monday, the City Planning Commission approved the De Blasio administration’ s proposed rezoning of East Harlem. There was one...

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Community Development

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 residents just outside of Madison. The unusual ... that serve the less affluent sections of town in order to provide raises for city...

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The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

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10/30/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation' s Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy Ater Superstorm Sandy, ... to make their coastlines more resilient. Here...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes has long required painful and ... beta cells...

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

... business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control ... policy, announced Thursday, prohibits the sale of firearms to customers who have not passed...

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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04/25/2018

... extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,000 toward the funding of significant research and ... high-caliber scholarship that applies fresh perspectives to some of the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees

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12/05/2018

... Thrive Challenge Grantees Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each ... but also offering insight into how others might address some of the biggest challenges facing our...

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

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09/19/2019

... Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of San Diego' s Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge announced today that it has been selected to be part of The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student...

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Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development

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01/05/2023

... Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development The Burke ... Centering Alliance to support the Burke Foundation’ s ongoing expansion...

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