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Community colleges court baby boomers searching for new career training Original Source By MARC PARRY, Staff writer TROY -- For Hope Melton, a public health professional, retirement felt like falling off a cliff. The 67-year-old from Saratoga Springs thought of pursuing a Ph.D., but that…

The Google IPO event of the nonprofit world Original Source By Georgia Levenson Keohane If any good comes out of the misguided farm bill passed last month, it will be the recognition that Americans are hungry. Amidst the egregious agricultural subsidies, the bill earmarks billions…

Original Source by Imke van Hoorn, Zodidi Mhlana and Sapa | Johannesburg, South Africa The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city's Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers…

Mark Gevisser, creative force behind two current exhibitions about gay life, writes about the dynamics of putting love on show today After I gave a public lecture on my Mbeki biography in Cape Town a few weeks ago, an old comrade came up to me…

Filmmakers Against Racism web site In May 2008, a group of South African filmmakers and producers joined forces to create documentaries and Public Service Announcements to address the recent xenophobic violence in their country. This organisation is called Filmmakers Against Racism (FAR). From the FAR…

Original Source The recent release of "Retooling for an Aging America" -- the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report warning that the nation's healthcare workforce is too small and unprepared for care for the aging population and calling for sweeping changes to avert this looming healthcare…

Original Source By Barbara Harding The upcoming 'Say No To Ageism' week from 19 to 23 May is an initiative that seeks to promote a new awareness of the stereotyping of older employees in the workplace. It also aims to support practical action by organisations…

Original Source by Barbara Harding DEATH is a frightening subject that few of us like to think about, never mind discuss, but it comes to us all eventually and often in an unexpected manner. Ensuring our environment offers us grace, dignity and respect in our…

"Last century, when the economy was failing millions of Americans, President Franklin Roosevelt offered our people a New Deal. Today, millions of Americans are facing similar challenges in a rapidly changing world. In short, we need a New Deal for the New Economy." - Representative…

Original Source A year ago, Jean and Steve Case's teenage daughter asked a question that inspired her parents to reassess their entire approach to philanthropy. Steve, one of the cofounders of AOL, had taken her- one of his five children-to mingle with Bill Clinton and…