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The Defeat of Immigration Reform in the U.S. – Now What?
Some weeks after the U.S. Senate failed to muster the necessary votes to deal with America’s immigration challenges, a clearer picture is emerging of what happened and what needs to happen next. Atlantic has supported The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and a number of…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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75% support non-EU workers' right to bring family into State
A STRONG majority of people in Ireland believe that non-EU workers here on a work permit should be able to bring their families to live here with them, and that their family members should be allowed to work here, according to polls conducted by Red…
Author: Sunday Tribune
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Nonprofit Groups Lag in Recruiting Older Workers, Report Says
Nonprofit groups lag significantly behind government agencies and businesses in their efforts to keep and recruit older workers, a new report concludes – and that could jeopardize their ability to fill a growing number of job vacancies. “Many nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders show little…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Kennedy to promote extended school days
US Senator Edward M. Kennedy plans today in Washington to tout Massachusetts’ push for longer school days as a national model, saying students need additional time to master 21st-century skills in a new global economy. Massachusetts is the first to undertake a state-sponsored initiative to…
Author: The Boston Globe
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Donating, With Care
Now More Cautious, Some Are Keeping Philanthropy Closer to Home Donating, With Care Now More Cautious, Some Are Keeping Philanthropy Closer to Home By Kathleen Day Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 19, 2006; F01 Americans give generously, but that charitable spirit recently has been…
Author: Washington Post
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Dreams of a better life long departed
Images and text combine in Voices from the Land, to reveal despair and hope Distance blunts the jagged edges of painful realities. But all it takes is a smell, sound or image to re-sharpen the softened contours of memory. That has been the effect on…
Author: The Sunday Independent
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Commission Promotes Age Discrimination Laws
Commission Promotes Age Discrimination Laws The Equality Commission today (Monday 2 October) launched a campaign promoting new age discrimination laws which protect workers, job seekers and vocational trainees from discrimination because of their age. The launch in Equality House, Belfast was attended by Minister of…
Author: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
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Nonprofits Adopting a For-Profit Model
By MILLIE MUNSHI NEW YORK — Dan Cardinali is running his nonprofit organization like a business. Communities In Schools, a national dropout prevent program, went through a painful process last year similar to a cooperate reorganization that included program cuts and layoffs. Working with a…
Author: The New York Times