Results List
-
The Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme
Source: The Irish Hospice Foundation
While a majority of people in the Republic of Ireland say they would like to die at home, the reality is that almost half of all deaths occur in acute hospitals. The Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme aims to ensure that end-of-life care is central to the mission of…
Resource type: Research Report
-
The Talk
Source: StoryCorps
One of the first times Nicholas Peart was stopped and frisked by the NYPD was on his 18th birthday. How can he explain the Stop and Frisk policy to his two younger brothers? Learn More The Center for Constituional Rights, a legal and educational organisation…
Resource type: Video
-
AFT Conference Aims to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education
Source: Schott Foundation
Over the last 30 years, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has organized a series of biennial Civil, Human and Women’s Rights conferences addressing a wide range of social justice issues. The 2013 conference focused on public education. Will it continue to exist as a truly…
Resource type: Video
-
Support, Friendship, Love and Care: A Recipe for Looking After Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
Source: VOYPIC Policy and Research
Children and young people in foster, residential and other types of care in Northern Ireland expressed their feelings about the best and the worst of their experiences in a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by VOYPIC. In 2011, the organisation launched a computer-based survey to collect the…
Resource type: Research Report
-
Key Issues in Understanding the Economic and Health Security of Current and Future Generations of Seniors
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
As policymakers seek to reduce the nation’s budget deficit by making changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security these discussions fail to consider how choices in each area interact and affect the economic security of seniors, according to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family…
Resource type: Research Report
-
Affordable Care Act for You & Me!
Source: Children's Defense Fund
The Children’s Defense Fund,an Atlantic grantee, created this video to celebrate the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will provide access to health coverage for more than 95 percent of America’s children and strengthen America’s health care system for everyone. Join the…
Resource type: Video
-
Young Invincibles’ Nationwide Tour
Amy Lin and Aaron Smith of Young Invincibles appeared on the Dylan Ratigan show to discuss their nationwide bus tour. The tour aims to spark discussion among young people on problems from unemployment to health care to student debt. Young Invincibles is an Atlantic grantee.
Resource type: Video
-
Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
Source: Applied Research Center
Deportations and detentions of undocumented immigrants are destroying families, according to a ground breaking report by the Applied Research Center (ARC). The report documents, for the first time, the national scale and scope of this problem. When parents are detained or deported, their children are…
Resource type: Research Report
-
SpunOut.ie Presidential Youth Debate Forum
Resource type: Video
-
A Decade of Fighting Terror with Terror: CCR Reflects on 10 Years After 9/11
In the 10 years since the tragic attacks of 9/11, much has changed in our country. This anniversary is an opportunity to evaluate those changes, to rededicate ourselves to human rights and civil liberties in our democracy, and to correct the reactionary course set by…
Resource type: Video