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CNBC – Should We Scrap the Social Security Cap?
Airtime: Tues. Nov. 30 2010 | CNBCIn this video, Eric Kingson of Social Security Works, an Atlantic grantee, and David John of the Heritage Foundation discuss whether we should scrap the payroll tax cap for Social Security.View Original Source
Resource type: Video
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Recognise Key Role of Migrant Care Workers in Our Ageing Society
Source: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
Migrant workers play a vital role in the care of older people in the United Kingdom but they face poor pay and working conditions that the government must address to ensure fair treatment for the workers, according to this report funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: Research Report
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Gara LaMarche: "Is Anyone Alien from the Social Contract?"
Source: What Do We Owe Each Other?: Rights and Obligations in Contemporary American Society
by Gara LaMarche In considering the question "What Do We Owe Each Other?," emphasis is usually placed on the "what" part of the social contract: does it contain goods and benefits like education, pensions, health care, or perhaps less tangible things, like tolerance and civility?…
Resource type: News
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Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By CELIA W. DUGGER JOHANNESBURG — A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs…
Resource type: News
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UNIVERSITY OPENS 30m EURO SPORTS CENTRE
Source: PA Newswire
By Ed Carty A state-of-the-art sports centre part funded by American billionaire Chuck Feeney was opened today at Trinity College Dublin. The 30 million euro complex, which includes a 25m swimming pool with a floating floor and a dramatic 19m high climbing wall visible from…
Resource type: News
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Irish Hospice Foundation Welcomes Support for Hospice/Palliative Care in New Social Partnership Deal
Source: Irish Hospice Foundation
Towards 2016 Ten-Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement 2006 - 2015 PRESS RELEASE The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the provision in the new Social Partnership agreement to prioritise hospice care over the next three years by further developing palliative care throughout Ireland, with particular reference…
Resource type: News
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A New Force to Make Washington Notice Kids
Source: Youth Today
America's Promise hosts an $8 million start-up to focus on budget and tax polices. Can it help the youth field 'speak to Republicans'? Bunch of liberals. That's how official Washing-ton sees many of the country's major advocates for disadvantaged and at-risk youth. With Republicans controlling…
Resource type: News
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Chuck Feeney, Cornell’s ‘third founder,’ dies at 92
Source: Cornell Chronicle
Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Cornell University’s most generous donor, died Oct. 9 in San Francisco. He was 92. Feeney, who quietly devoted his fortune to worldwide causes for decades, invested nearly $1 billion in Cornell through the…
Resource type: News
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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To Tackle Dementia, Trinity’s Global Brain Health Initiative Set to Begin Training New Fellows
Source: The University Times
The first group of fellows come from a range of disciplines, and will be responsible for addressing the causes and challenges of dementia. [caption id="attachment_78555" align="alignright" width="300"] Opening of the Global Brain Health Institute. Photo: TCD[/caption] By Niamh Egleston, Deputy News Editor The Global Brain…
Resource type: News