Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... to redevelop or build new structures to withstand climate change also open the door for real estate speculation that displaces existing ...
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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... and international affairs, and New York City-based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the ... one of 11 selected, seeks to “employ virtual reality for innovation,...
Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
Release Date:
08/24/2017
... distributing life-changing products by having the poor pay for them. To attract customers, they usually start with mild ...
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... of Florida has already declared a state of emergency. For Donald Trump, these twin megastorms are a source of awe. ... seen one like this!” he posted of Harvey last week. But for many scientists they are a...
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... led to increased marginalization and inequality for the rural poor. Some people have rightly attributed this ... been mostly semantic. In practice, there’s been little change in most outcomes and realities on...
Standing Up For Housing Equality
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Standing Up For Housing Equality The racial debate raged 367 miles away ... members and supporters of the New York Communities for Change (NYCC) were on their third and final day of their ...
Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... crucial technology. Antibiotic resistance is urgent enough for the U.N. to have called a General Assembly meeting to discuss it in 2016 and for the Obama Administration to have created an action plan ...
Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth ... will grow ever wider in the years to come, absent policy change . The two institutes’ joint...
Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but some question whether insurers have played a role, too.
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... it really? The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness ... then were given 25 Swiss francs (about $25) once a week for the next month. Half of the...
The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change . If you want an unusual but punchy telling of the ...
Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, would provide extra money for an unnamed “high-spending low-density state,” a last-minute change seemingly aimed at Alaska and its holdout Republican ...
Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist
Release Date:
09/25/2017
A tool to help predict whether someone who’s been arrested will reoffend does not factor in race. But it could consider convictions.
More Healthful Kids Meals? Panera CEO Dishes Out A Challenge
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Chicken nuggets. French fries. Pizza. Repeat. This repertoire of kids menu items may seem familiar to many families, but one fast-casual chain aims to put a lot more options in front of its young customers.
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... if they attend school, many leave without the skills for calculating the correct change from a transaction, reading a doctor’s instructions, ...
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives ... fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That change could reduce the value of the...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... social responsibility (CSR) that can result in high praise for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts The Andrew W. Mellon ... to build empathy in order to affect positive social change . MIA will launch the first-ever Center...
Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health
Release Date:
03/26/2018
... designed to inform policymakers and provide a foundation for change ... Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities ...
Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Release Date:
06/07/2018
... organizations in the state. In addition, out of concern for the national dramatic downsizing and closing of many ...