Results List
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The State of our Union in Crisis: Widening the Lens of Children and Families
Keynote speech by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, given at the Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. This is an extraordinary moment to gather and reflect, as we have planned to do…
Resource type: Speech
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Court blocks judge's order to free Chinese Muslims
Source: The Associated Press
by HOPE YEN A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S. In a one-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the emergency stay at the…
Resource type: News
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State plans merger of five bodies instead of just three
Source: The Irish Times
by DEáGLAN DE BRéADÚN THE GOVERNMENT is proposing to merge the Equality Tribunal and the National Disability Authority with three other equality and human rights agencies. Official documentation seen by The Irish Times confirms that there are plans to merge these two bodies, as well…
Resource type: News
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Victims denied any say in political pardons
Source: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
Original Source by Hugo van der Merwe Political parties are helping to review applications for pardon from individuals who have committed politically motivated crimes. In this de facto re-enactment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) amnesty process, the president has created a "reference group"…
Resource type: News
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DUP and Sinn Fein take major step over policing
Source: Irish Independent
Original Source THE DUP and Sinn Fein yesterday took a major step towards a deal on devolving policing and justice powers from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Both parties have agreed there will be a single department of justice with a minister needing cross-community…
Resource type: News
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Landmark ruling allows non-EU spouses to stay
Source: Irish Independent
Original Source By Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor THOUSANDS of foreign wives and husbands of EU citizens based in Ireland who were facing deportation are to gain residency rights here following a landmark European ruling. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Irish laws which required…
Resource type: News
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Grey areas undermine tax reform of unwedded bliss
Source: The Irish Independent
Original Source By Fionnan Sheahan COHABITING couples are the fastest growing family type in the country. According to the last Census, the total number of cohabiting couples was 121,800 in 2006 up from 77,600 in 2002. They represented 11.6pc of all family units in 2006…
Resource type: News
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Monitoring Educational Equity
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Disparities in educational attainment among population groups have characterized the United States throughout its history. Education is sometimes characterized as the “great equalizer,” but to date, the country has not found ways to successfully address the adverse effects of socioeconomic circumstances, prejudice, and discrimination that…
Resource type: Research Report
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Prosecutorial Campaigns: A Strategy to Mobilize and Engage Communities of Color
Source: Barsoum Policy Consulting
Commissioned by the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF), this report synthesizes the findings and the lessons learned from case studies of Cook County, Illinois, and Harris County, Texas, describing district attorney (DA) election campaigns and post-election work to hold the newly elected DAs accountable. These…
Resource type: Research Report
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Confidence & Community: Tapping Into Latino Power
Source: Topos Partnership
Recognizing that Latino voter turnout is lower than population at large, the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF) commissioned Topos to conduct ethnographic research to uncover cultural understandings of voting and civic participation to develop strategies tailored to Latinos’ needs and concerns. Rather than apathy, Topos…
Resource type: Research Report
