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Category: Health

Heroin Overdose Prevention in the Bronx and Staten Island

April 7, 2017  Julia Bowling
  • Health

Heroin and Public Health In New York City (NYC), heroin overdose deaths are now more common than homicide. NYC drug overdose deaths hit a record high of 1,300 in 2016, an increase from 800 in 2014, and 937 in 2015.…

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Change Maker: Sarbjit “Sab” Singh, Assistant Professor, Sports Management, Farmingdale State College & Publisher, Sports Doing Good

January 23, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Services

Exercise is an important measure of well-being. But in New York City, the Equality Indicators has found those at the bottom end of the income ladder are less likely to exercise than more affluent individuals. All age groups benefit from…

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The Women Who Shape Our Cities

December 19, 2016  Bijan Kimiagar
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Justice

Whenever I see a panoramic photograph of New York City, I strain my eyes to find people walking the streets and pathways deep within the chasms between skyscrapers and along the historic bridges. This is where city life happens; this…

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What Is NYC’s Number One Inequality Issue? Sneak Peek At 2016 Results

October 31, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
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  • Services

It is just 14 days till we officially release NYC’s 2016 change score. NYC scored 43.2 out of 100 in 2015.  Will the score go up, down, or stay relatively the same? We have spent the past year collecting and…

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Leave Odell Alone: NFL Culture In Spotlight

October 18, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health

I am worried about Odell Beckham. The Giant’s Wide Receiver is unstoppable on the field, but I think something is really wrong. After he scored a touchdown against the Ravens on Sunday, he ran over to the kicking net and…

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Why There Are So Few Liz Lemons: Assertiveness Doesn’t Pay For Women

October 13, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health

I love Liz Lemon on 30 Rock. Played by Tina Fey, she is the head writer of the fictional, Tracy Morgan Show. Her position puts her in one many women find themselves in at work; high responsibility, middling influence, and…

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Brangelina No More: Changing Patterns In U.S. Family Structures

October 4, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health

When I heard the news about the Brangelina split, I was dismayed. Celebrity marriages don’t usually have long lifespans, but I thought the Pitt-Jolie’s were different. They both shared a global mindset, an interest in humanitarian work, and a commitment…

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Most Female Athletes Ever At 2016 Games!

August 9, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health

2016 Olympics mark a milestone in gender equality: the highest rate of participation by female athletes, 45%. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) charter includes gender equality as one of its core commitments. It has steadily increased the number of events…

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Muscle Cars & March Of Progress

August 2, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health
  • Justice

2015 marked the end of muscle cars. Muscle cars (non-European, high-performance vehicles) were a five-decade trend in America. They had big, loud, and dirty V-8 engines, the first of which roared in the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket. 1950 to 1970 was…

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New Issue Of Narrowing The Gap – Religious Minorities

July 5, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Justice

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