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Results 1-10 of 2020
| Apr 24, 2013 | CFPB: Payday Loans Leading to 'Revolving Door of Debt' - Not Available
Summary: The Philadelphia Inquirer published Wednesday an article about how payday loans trap borrowers in debt. The article cites both a study from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a February report by Pew's Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project. | Media Coverage |
| Apr 10, 2013 | The Junk Food Loophole in USDA's Regulations - Not Available
Summary: A recent LA Times story cites Jessica Donze Black, the director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, about loopholes in regulations. | Media Coverage |
| Mar 25, 2013 | Editorial: Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions - Not Available
Summary: An editorial in the Sunday, March 24 edition of the New York Times cited Pew's research about the shrinking prison population. | Media Coverage |
| Mar 06, 2013 | NYT: 'Construction That Focuses on the Health of Residents' - Joe Gose
Summary: Dr. Aaron Wernham, project director for the Health Impact Project, is quoted in a recent New York Times article about construction that keeps its residents healthier. | Media Coverage |
| Feb 25, 2013 | NYT: Fear of U.S. Cuts Grows in States Where Aid Flows - Michael Cooper
Summary: A frontpage article in the Feb. 22 edition of the New York Times cited a Pew report about the effects sequestration could have on states. View the report, "Fiscal Cliff Deal Poses Uncertainty for States," or visit the fiscal federalism initiative for more. | Media Coverage |
| Feb 12, 2013 | When Philly schools close, what happens to the buildings? - Kristen A. Graham - Philadelphia Inquirer
Summary: If plans move forward to shut one in six Philadelphia schools, what happens to the discarded buildings?
A newly-released examination of other big-city school districts' closures by the Pew Charitable Trust shows that charter schools are likely to snap up some of the buildings. Pew found that more than 40 percent of cities' closed buildings were re-used by charters. | Media Coverage |
| Feb 12, 2013 | Cities have hundreds of empty schools for sale, often sell for far less than value - Associated Press
Summary: In the dozen cities the Pew Charitable Trusts reviewed, some 327 schools were sitting idle last year and for sale. That means those properties — typically nestled in residential neighborhoods — are costing districts that still have to keep them secure, insured and heated. Meanwhile, the financially strapped districts are not collecting taxes on some prime real estate to fund the schools that do survive. | Media Coverage |
| Jan 30, 2013 | 2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar Finds New Method for Flu Prevention - Not Available
Summary: 2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar Finds New Method for Flu Prevention | Media Coverage |
| Jan 04, 2013 | F.D.A. Offers Sweeping Rules to Stop Food Contamination - Stephanie Strom
Summary: Sandra Eskin, director of the safe food campaign at the Pew Charitable Trusts, is interviewed by The New York Times about the new FDA rules to prevent food contamination. | Media Coverage |
| Jan 03, 2013 | The Perils of Arctic Oil Drilling - Los Angeles Times Editorial Board - Pew Environment Group
Summary: An editorial by the Los Angeles Times editorial board examines the need for stronger federal regulations for oil companies drilling in the Arctic. | Media Coverage |
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