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Joshua Trujillo/AP Images/SeattlePI.comBy Vince StehleThe senseless killing of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict handed down in the case against George Zimmerman send troubling signals about race, justice, and gun violence in America and give fresh urgency to an important agenda for nonprofits and foundations.America…

View the ad video here Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), a division of TNS Media Intelligence, has chosen the most recent HCAN ad as their "Ad of the Week" on their political ad blog for the week of 24 November, 2008. This ad is currently…

FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…

Investigative reports that exposed the devastating environmental and economic impact of the oil spill last year in the Gulf of Mexico and leadership failings in America’s military mission in Afghanistan were among the winners of 13 George Polk Awards for 2010 announced on Monday by Long Island University.Correspondents of The…

Originally posted on September 21, 2011 by Eric Wingerter, Director of New Media, NAACP. Read Troy's Last WordsTonight the State of Georgia has killed an innocent man.In recent weeks, we fought hard for the commutation of Troy Davis' sentence. More than one million of your petitions…

By Kimberley Chin, Programme Executive, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesSound policy can only be effective if it represents the experiences and voices of the people it is trying to benefit. The theme for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual meeting this year, The Power of Voice, is…

By Rebecca DavisThe Ministry of Health is often cited as one of the government departments where effective leadership in recent years has made a real, positive impact. But in a public discussion on Sunday evening in Cape Town, a number of South African health experts…

The story of the Central Park Five is one scarring New York history; a case of injustice for five teenagers of color being wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger. This tragic story showcases many issues addressed by philanthropy for decades, including: race, class,…

New America Media/Northwest Vietnamese News, News Feature, Julie Pham,Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here.At the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA) in Seattle, Marie Thu Le, 75, confessed that “When my time comes, I don’t want to be dependent on machines. I don’t want to be…

By Zanele Figlan, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa. The recent unrest in our country, South Africa, in the first two weeks of July 2021 is a first in the history of the post-democratic era. It started off as a protest action against…