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by JENNIFER KAY U.S. immigration authorities routinely delay, deny or botch medical care for detained immigrants in poorly equipped facilities nationwide, according to separate reports released by two advocacy groups Tuesday. Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center blame the problems on unskilled or…

The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations. Original Source By Eyal Press In the days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, sat at his desk in Lower Manhattan and reached out to people…

Original Source By Courtland Milloy In recognition of Black History Month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has presented a flattering economic sketch of black people in the United States. In this drawing by the numbers, we are seen as a relatively young and hearty workforce…

The issue of whether Ireland needs a referendum to secure children’s rights, has been on the table in the Republic of Ireland for a number of years. Early last week, Atlantic grantee, the Children’s Rights Alliance, called the Irish Government to account with its annual…

A Harlem Education Project That Won Big Corporate Backing Now Faces Cutbacks as Donors Close Their Wallets Original Source By MIKE SPECTOR NEW YORK -- Geoffrey Canada has spent decades building a strategy for saving poor children from crime-ridden streets and crumbling public schools. His…

Original Source By Lauren Foster Ann Beeson has tackled some tough issues in her career as a human rights advocate and litigator, including challenging the National Security Agency's illegal surveillance of Americans without a warrant and the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Now, as executive…

Local campaigning leads to improved service for those at risk The Card Before You Leave scheme was initially recommended in 2005 as part of an independent review into the death of a young man called Danny McCartan. In April 2006, frustrated by a lack of…

Original Source By Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin In 1994, we founded KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, by starting one middle school in the South Bronx and one in Houston. Today, KIPP is a growing network of 66 public charter schools serving 17,000 children…

Keynote speech by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, given at the Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.  This is an extraordinary moment to gather and reflect, as we have planned to do…

by David Pitt For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her. Stein, 69, is among the…