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COVID-19 has accelerated the need for urgent action on mental health care. Lack of access to mental health care for young Filipinos, particularly in remote areas, is deadly. Attempted youth suicides and deaths have risen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an increase in suicide-related…

Nicole Browne, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity Northern Ireland is on the edge of the United Kingdom in more ways than one. Brexit has led to the contested Irish Sea Border which puts a trade barrier between Great Britain and these six counties.…

By Jackie Abramian [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="579"] The 2020-2021 AFSEE Residential Fellows in London. Photoshopped into the photo is the image of one cohort unable to travel to London from Colombia because of COVID restrictions. AFSEE[/caption] Once a year, mid-career change-makers, policymakers, researchers, activists, movement-builders…

[caption id="attachment_80398" align="aligncenter" width="738"] An aerial view of the Cornell Tech campus, showing the 59th Street Bridge over Roosevelt Island and the Great Lawn, in the foreground.[/caption] By Linda Copman Cornell Tech has announced a $1 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to jump-start its…

Key Activities, Resources, and Related Costs This brief presents findings from the Oakland Health Pathways Project (OHPP), a joint initiative of Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. The initiative is designed to improve educational and long-term employment…

This case study was commissioned by the Civic Participation Action Fund, an Atlantic grantee.   Cook County, Illinois, was one of the first jurisdictions to focus on electing a progressive prosecutor—a criminal justice reform strategy now being used across the United States. Kim Foxx was…

In an effort to inform the growing dialogue on school discipline, this report examines trends in suspensions in New York City over an 11-year period (2006-07 to 2016-17) for middle school and high school students. The report reveals that while suspensions on the whole fluctuated,…

[caption id="attachment_82282" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo: Cancer Research Institute[/caption] The Atlantic Philanthropies and Founder Chuck Feeney congratulate James P. Allison, Ph.D., director of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Scientific Advisory Council, for winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Allison was chosen for…

By Kandia Johnson Dr. Christina T. Rosenthal is a dentist, social entrepreneur, and recently named Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, one of nearly 300 people working worldwide to build fairer, healthier, and more inclusive societies. Just one year out of dental school, she opened her first private…

Almost 20 years after Duane Edward Buck was convicted of capital murder, his siblings — Marvin, Phyllis, and Monique — reflect on their brother's resilience in the face of an extraordinary injustice: a piece of explicitly racist testimony from a psychologist that likely sent him…