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Put Reading Power First says youngballymun
We have a national literacy emergency as well as an economic emergency – and one won’t be fixed without the other – is the message of youngballymun, making its election call to all political parties to put reading power first. Launching its 2011 Literacy Manifesto,…
Author: Youngballymun
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Weighing the Best Vehicles For Philanthropic Giving
By Paul Sullivan KEN NOPAR, who advises others about philanthropy, will face his own decision on charitable giving when his parents die. Should he and his brother keep their parents’ private foundation going or transfer the assets into a donor-advised fund, where they have less…
Author: The New York Times
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Imagining great Irish culture
by Paul Keating The political and economic news from Ireland continues to spin out of control seemingly in a more troubled downward spiral as the government collapses, and the citizenry hopes to change that direction with new elections. The doom and gloom cycle continues unabated,…
Author: Irish Central
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Analysis Finds Dramatic Spike in NYC Suspensions: Black Children and Students with Special Needs Most Affected
The number of student suspensions in New York City public schools spiked dramatically over the past decade while the length of suspensions grew longer – a phenomenon disproportionally affecting black students and students with disabilities, according to a report released today by the New York…
Author: New York Civil Liberties Union
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This Week in PubHub: LGBTQ Issues
(Kyoko Uchida manages PubHub, the Foundation Center’s online catalog of foundation-sponsored publications. In her last post, she looked at four reports that examined efforts to protect and promote international human rights.) This week PubHub is concluding its month-long focus on civil and human rights by featuring…
Author: Philantopic, a blog from Philanthropy News Digest
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Mary Sutton Appointed Country Director for the Republic of Ireland at The Atlantic Philanthropies.
The Atlantic Philanthropies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Sutton as Country Director for the Republic of Ireland. In this role, she will lead the Atlantic team in the Republic of Ireland, overseeing grantmaking under Atlantic’s Ageing, Children & Youth and Reconciliation &…
Author: Dublin
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Raising False Alarms
By Bob Herbert If there’s a better government program than Social Security, I’d like to know what it is. It has gone a long way toward eliminating poverty among the elderly. Great numbers of them used to live and die in ghastly, Dickensian conditions of…
Author: The New York Times
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Health Reform Repeal Would Harm Children
United Sates House of Representatives Votes to Turn Back the Clock on Health Care for Kids Washington D.C. – Today, the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of repealing The Affordable Care Act. The First Focus Campaign for Children, a bipartisan children’s advocacy…
Author: First Focus Campaign for Children
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The forgotten parents
Although the civil partnership legislation that came into force on January 1st recognises same-sex couples for matters such as tax, pensions and inheritance, it does not acknowledge they might have children, writes SHEILA WAYMAN. PAULA FAGAN’S partner was working abroad when their eldest, asthmatic son…
Author: Irish Times
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First gay couple to have civil partnership recognised
By CARL O’BRIEN. GLENN CUNNINGHAM and Adriano Vilar have become the first gay couple in the State to have their civil partnership formally recognised by the State. The couple, who work at Argos, formed a civil partnership at a ceremony in Northern Ireland last year.…
Author: Irish Times
