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Sabrina Butler Porter is the only U.S. woman ever exonerated from death row. She and her husband Joe Porter, a corrections officer she met before her release, discuss the effects of her wrongful conviction. Learn More Witness to Innocence, an organisation composed of exonerated death…

For a lot of young people, middle school can be a really hard time. Find out how Elev8 community schools helped Haley Junico, a shy student living on the Laguna tribal reservation in New Mexico, to find her voice. To Learn More about Elev8: >…

When Isaac Lugo was 15, his father was deported. The two had spent nearly Isaac's whole life in the United States. Isaac tells his story with Mike McAuliffe, the boxing trainer who became his foster father. Learn More > At This Boxing Gym, Former Undocumented…

[video src="https://youtu.be/fM-nO7muBrg"] High school student Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering Ralph Bunche High School in Oakland, an alternative high school for chronically expelled students. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor at the school, Damon left behind…

Atlantic is not a “spend down” foundation, although we’re often described as such. Yes, we will complete all of our grantmaking by the end of 2016. The term “spending down,” however, suggests a slow, inexorable depletion of assets, resources and impact or perhaps a rushed…

New York, January 15, 2010 – Jack Rosenthal has been appointed Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective January 4, 2010. Bringing to bear his extensive experience in philanthropy, journalism and government, Rosenthal will provide counsel to the foundation’s four programmes in seven countries and…