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Health Care Coverage for All, But at What Cost?
Business trade group opposes plan Original Source By Thomas Gaudio An advocacy group last week launched a nationwide campaign in 53 cities, including Trenton, that is pushing for everyone in the country to have health care coverage through federal legislation. Health Care for America Now-a…
Author: NJBIZ
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Charity Cases
Social-networking phenomenon makes it easy for donors to promote their favorite causes online Original Source By PAUL B. CARROLL For most people, networking on the Web means keeping up with friends or building business contacts. Now a number of charities — and thousands of ordinary…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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What's Next for After-School? Expanded Learning Time
Point of View by Lucy Friedman Kids spend less than a quarter of their waking hours attending school. A kid who lives on the 20th floor of a Bronx high-rise is still bound by a school schedule created a century ago for families who needed…
Author: New York Nonprofit Press
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Budget woes force cuts in summer-school programs
Original Source By David Crary, AP National Writer From coast to coast, tough financial conditions are forcing school districts and nonprofit groups to cut back on summer programs that are widely viewed as invaluable to both struggling and superior students. The casualties including enrichment programs…
Author: The Boston Globe (AP)
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SA in danger of not reducing child mortality
Original Source By Yugendree Naidoo Health experts have warned that South Africa’s chances of meeting United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child mortality are becoming increasingly slim. The warning is the latest red light on child mortality after a Medical Research Council study…
Author: The Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Grey areas undermine tax reform of unwedded bliss
Original Source By Fionnan Sheahan COHABITING couples are the fastest growing family type in the country. According to the last Census, the total number of cohabiting couples was 121,800 in 2006 up from 77,600 in 2002. They represented 11.6pc of all family units in 2006…
Author: The Irish Independent
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New civil unions will cost taxpayers over €25m
The Irish Independent By Fionnan Sheahan, Political Editor The taxpayer will pay at least €25m for opening up married tax benefits to other couples when new civil partnerships comes into effect. The introduction of the controversial Civil Partnership Bill will have cost implications for capital…
Author: The Irish Independent
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Original Source by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thailand, health workers…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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Nonprofits see drop in revenue, donors
Original Source Nonprofits across most sectors saw a decline in revenue and in the number of donors in the first three months of 2008, a new report says. Revenue at nonprofits surveyed fell 1.8 percent in the first three months of 2008, compared to the…
Author: Philanthropy Journal
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Call to ban magistrates from sending minor offenders to jail
by Christopher Hope MAGISTRATES should be banned from handing out custodial sentences for non-violent minor offences, a report says today. The study says Britain’s jails are full to bursting because too many offenders are being sent to prison for lesser offences like burglary. The report…
Author: The Daily Telegraph (London)
