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By Tommy Barker.  THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.Marymount/St Patrick’s Hospital is vacating its historic city home at Wellington Road, St Luke’s Cross, ending a continuous caring link…

The School District’s zero-tolerance discipline policy does not make school safer, creates a prison-like culture,  costs money - and it keeps students “one minor mistake away from having their life turned upside down,” according to a new report. Philadelphia schools, it said, rely on punitive measures…

A symposium of philanthropic leadersTo mark the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation, we asked several philanthropic leaders about the most audacious grants of the past century—and what grants made today will be talked about 100 years hence.—THE EDITORS* * *Ted Turner’s shock announcement in 1997 that he…

By David Leonhardt.  “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory government program,” said one prominent critic of the new health care law. It is socialized medicine, he argued. If it stands, he said, “one of these days, you and I…

Media coverage that followed the release of Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson’s draft proposal earlier this month was, for many, the first public announcement that the fate of their Social Security benefits was even up for debate.  It…

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISSenate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP)WASHINGTON -- The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he'd move to force a…

by Ben Smith The Atlantic Philanthropies, founded by the duty-free tycoon Chuck Feeney, have emerged as a major force on the left, and in an online forum today the group discussed its role in Health Care for America Now!, which it gave $25 million to…

By Lori MontgomeryThe chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday offered an aggressive plan to rebalance the federal budget by curbing increases in Social Security benefits, slashing spending at the Pentagon and other agencies, and wiping out more than $100 billion a year in…

JOHN W. CONROYVIETNAM — DANANG,For the last 15 years, retired Beekmantown dairy farmer Mark Conroy has been directing humanitarian development work in Vietnam for the East Meets West Foundation.He only last year stepped down as country director and is now the foundation's senior consultant, heading…

We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia's most liveable cities and among the world's top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…