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Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. By JIM RUTENBERG WASHINGTON — Richard L. Scott is unusual in these tough economic times: a rich, conservative investor willing to spend freely on a political cause. Mr. Scott is starring in his own rotation of advertisements…

Original Source By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to broadly expand national community service programs, increasing the number of positions to 250,000 from 75,000 and creating new cadres of volunteers focused on education, clean energy, health care and…

Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the 2nd year of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program, a unique professional fellowship opportunity. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University (in collaboration with the…

Original Source Editorial The rapidly deteriorating economy has confronted states with their toughest budget decisions in years. This month, about 45 states reported budget gaps for the present fiscal year and most expect to struggle with shortfalls over the next two years. The Center on Budget…

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…

by SUSAN MILLIGAN WASHINGTON - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, ailing from a brain tumor but determined to pass a series of pet legislative priorities, formally introduced a major national service bill yesterday, asking Congress to fund programs to draw another 175,000 Americans of all ages…

By RACHEL BECK NEW YORK (AP) - Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout -- but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help. Human Rights Watch, The Center for Constitutional Rights and others are…

Data on adequate yearly progress show that 1 in 5 public schools are in some stage of penalties under the federal law. by David J. Hoff Almost 30,000 schools in the United States failed to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind…

BOSTON - December 10, 2008 - BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) has been recognized by Training Magazine for developing the Blended Learning and Performance Project of the Year for its e-learning and professional development program. The honor was given as part of the magazine's…

Acclaimed oral history project encourages Americans to interview a loved one the day after Thanksgiving NEW YORK StoryCorps, the most ambitious oral history project ever undertaken, will launch the first annual National Day of Listening on November 28, 2008. On Thanksgiving, Americans and their loved…