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The Roma community in Ireland continues to experience structural discrimination in accessing their basic rights to employment, education, social protection, housing and healthcare.This report from Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, an Atlantic grantee, identifies the often subtle and complex barriers to integration that Roma experience…

By Sally Lee, Executive Director, Teachers UniteNot long ago a New Haven, Conn., high school with a predominantly African-American student body had an annex for students with chronic absences and those labeled as having behavioral issues. The annex was located in the New Haven Armory,…

The National Rifle Association and President Obama responded to the Newtown, Conn., shootings by recommending that more police officers be placed in the nation’s schools. But a growing body of research suggests that, contrary to popular wisdom, a larger police presence in schools generally does…

By Erik EckholmCraig Davis, an officer at E. L. Furr High School in Houston. Officers once issued so many citations that students felt antagonized. Photo: Michael Stravato for The New York TimesHOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in…

The Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to the end of its life as a grantmaking foundation. It is due to complete its grantmaking by 2016 and close its doors by 2020 – the largest foundation ever to spend out. Caroline Hartnell talked to Atlantic president and…

Produced in 2006, this documentary offers an examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, and looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls 'one of the world's best health systems.' From the shores…

Members of El Centro del Inmigrante help residents in Staten Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. By Abigail Westbrook, Special Assistant to Founder and CEO, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesWith our U.S. offices located in New York City, Hurricane Sandy hit close to home. It impacted our…

The Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government has been awarded an overall C grade today (18 February) in the Children’s Rights Alliance’s Report Card 2013 – a slight drop in grade from last year’s C+ grade. In a year that saw a Children’s Rights Referendum and key…

SAOIRSE BRADYThu, Feb 07, 2013Opinion: With a national unemployment rate of 14.6 per cent - the fourth highest in the EU - it is no surprise that more people are turning to the social welfare system for basic assistance.It is also unsurprising that, with little or…

Parents and students gathered at Chicago Public Schools headquarters Monday to demand that the school system use proposed federal funding as part of President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence for counselors instead of adding armed police officers.The overuse of school police has resulted…