Record Level of Job Openings Doesn’t Mean the Labor Market is Tight
Release Date:
09/14/2017
A record-high level of job openings might overstate tightness in the labor market.
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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The author and journalist’s new book explains how antibiotics overuse helped chicken ascend from a local delicacy to an everyday protein, with serious health consequences as a result.
Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force
Release Date:
09/14/2017
In New York’s most troubled neighborhoods, Service Year members are teaching their neighbors environmental sustainability — all the while learning essential job skills for the workforce.
Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has said he wants to make his office the most progressive in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable.
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize...
Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on behalf of community foundations)—wrote a letter (which...
A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Release Date:
09/14/2017
More than 80 percent of the world’s sleeping sickness cases today occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The parasitic disease is fatal if untreated, yet difficult to diagnose early.
Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Research partnerships between business and academia have been happening for decades, but we’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for funding, with AI in particular driving some serious dollars to universities.
Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis To Step Down In March
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis will step down in March 2018 after five productive years at the helm.
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline
Release Date:
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."
IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Today, the IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute
Release Date:
09/14/2017
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined Simons Foundation co-founders Jim and Marilyn Simons to dedicate the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, an intramural research division of the Simons Foundation that tackles big datasets — and big scientific...
Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Domestic workers face particularly tough challenges, since they are often low-income and may be employed by families, making them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports, writes Shayna Strom of the...
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ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?
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When President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its controversial predecessor the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), each state was given more power and tasked with producing its own framework for...
Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
09/15/2017
As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and continues attacks on DACA youth, immigrants, and multiple vulnerable populations, the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center...
NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented
Release Date:
09/15/2017
New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation find that the uninsured rate among non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The podcast medium has been growing steadily over the last few years. There are currently 67 million monthly podcast listeners in the U.S., up 21 percent from last year’s 57 million.
JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/15/2017
JPMorgan Chase wants to do for Chicago's South and West sides what it has begun to do for Detroit. The nation's biggest bank, and also the largest in Chicago, is committing $40 million over the next three years to help rebuild and re-energize parts...
Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Billionaire developer Stephen Ross and the New York-based Ford Foundation are teaming up with The Platform LLC to make a $27.5 million investment in bringing housing to Detroit neighborhoods.
Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Plainclothes agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four men into custody outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender...