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Irish billionaire inspires Warren Buffet, Bill Gates to give it all away
Source: Irish Central
By Cathy HayesIrish American billionaire Chuck Feeney has been praised by Warren Buffett among the world’s richest men as the person who has inspired a ‘giving while living’ pledge by scores of billionaires who have pledged to give away the majority of their fortunes while…
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As deficit-cutting talks proceed, what about Social Security?
Source: The Miami Herald
By DAVID LIGHTMAN WASHINGTON - Could high-level Washington deficit-reduction talks lead to changes in Social Security anytime soon? Highly unlikely, Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday. "Social Security is clearly not responsible for the deficits we face in the general fund today and should not be…
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Modern philanthropists do it their way
Source: The Australian
By Catherine Armitage.UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these "wretched billionaires who want to get involved". That's the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in their…
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Obama risks losing liberals with talk of cutting budget
Source: The Washington Post
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Peter WallstenPresident Obama faces a growing rebellion on the left as he courts independent voters and Republicans with his vision for reducing the nation’s debt by cutting government spending and restraining the costs of federal health insurance programs.Key liberal groups,…
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Bridging the Gap Between School and Out-Of-School Time Learning
Public and private investment in out-of-school time (OST) programmes in the U.S. has soared over the last decade. While more does not always mean better, Higher Achievement wants to know for sure that its programme is delivering results. Higher Achievement is an academic enrichment programme…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Securing a Bill of Rights
The 1998 Belfast Agreement stressed the centrality of protecting human rights to building a better future for Northern Ireland. The Agreement made explicit commitments to producing a Bill of Rights (BOR) for Northern Ireland. This process of achieving a Bill has been beset with political…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Renewed vision of the Irish social model must be delivered
Source: The Irish Times
The next government will need to develop a coherent vision for those in need of support at various stages of their lives, write PAT DOLAN, TOM SCHARF and GERARD QUINN THE NEXT government will have to stand back from the legacy of the past and develop a much more…
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Analysis Finds Dramatic Spike in NYC Suspensions: Black Children and Students with Special Needs Most Affected
Source: New York Civil Liberties Union
The number of student suspensions in New York City public schools spiked dramatically over the past decade while the length of suspensions grew longer – a phenomenon disproportionally affecting black students and students with disabilities, according to a report released today by the New York…
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HCAN's Sponsor
Source: Politico
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…
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Number of HIV/AIDS cases in sub-Saharan Africa expected to greatly outpace resources
Source: National Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON — The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to far outstrip available resources for treatment by the end of the decade, forcing African nations to make difficult choices about how to allocate inadequate supplies of lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART),…
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