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Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda in an Atlantic grantee. Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda Party…

This article highlights Atlantic grantee Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) in its report that the Connecticut House of Representatives voted to repeal the death penalty with an 86-62 vote. The repeal now moves to the desk of Governor Dannel P. Malloy, who…

Statement from Children's Rights Alliance By Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children's Rights Alliance The Children's Rights Alliance congratulates the Government’s promise to end the detention of 16- and 17-year-old boys in St. Patrick’s Institution. This is a momentous achievement for the Minister for Children…

By Ayo JohnsonLegislators are today being urged to reject proposed changes to the Human Rights Act in favour of amendments which bring Bermuda’s human rights regime in line with international standards.The amendments to be debated today do not go far enough to create a truly…

By Colette BrowneJustice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the "inconvenient truth" that the State’s doors "were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death" during the Holocaust.However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would be any…

By Kevin Simpson After nearly two decades marked by zero tolerance, reformers are intent on revamping the state's approach to school discipline, but the effort to craft new legislation has created sharp battle lines.School-discipline reform has gained traction, as several organizations have mobilized efforts to dismantle…

By Faiza Patel Like all anniversaries, this Sept. 11 prompts us to reflect on what has changed in the past decade. Certainly, the "war on terror" has brought fundamental changes to America's place in the world, our international priorities and our system of laws. But…

This report finds that the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions was pivotal in stimulating the development of research performance in universities across the Republic of Ireland. Authors of the study note that the programme put in place research infrastructure, built basic research capability and drove a…

By David A. FahrentholdFirst, AARP tried to convey disappointment. In May, the group launched a TV ad warning that Congress might try to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits as part of a deal to raise the national debt ceiling. “The country can do better,” it said.Then,…

By Alyssa BattistoniMany progressives are affluent and well-educated. Does their elite status stand in the way of a movement to fight attacks on the working class?Over the past few years, it’s become an article of faith among progressives that we’re living through a second Gilded…