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By Colette BrowneJustice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the "inconvenient truth" that the State’s doors "were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death" during the Holocaust.However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would be any…

By Kevin Simpson After nearly two decades marked by zero tolerance, reformers are intent on revamping the state's approach to school discipline, but the effort to craft new legislation has created sharp battle lines.School-discipline reform has gained traction, as several organizations have mobilized efforts to dismantle…

Social Security Works, an Atlantic grantee, has been out in the media making a strong case for strengthening social security, not cutting it. Social Security Is Vital for Our Economic Security Fifty-four million Americans depend on Social Security – 1 out of every 6 people.…

Kassi Cruz picks tomatoes in Steele, Alabama, on October 3, 2011. Cruz decided to pitch in to help after the majority of migrant workers left after the new Alabama immigration law took effect last week.By Center for American Progress Immigration TeamAlabama has reawakened the ghosts…

On 14 June 2011, The Atlantic Philanthropies held for a discussion with social entrepreneur Marc Freedman, hailed by the New York Times as "the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life." He spoke about his new book, The Big Shift: Navigating…

WHEN “WE The Citizens” took the political temperature of Irish people in the spring and summer of 2011, as well as looking at issues such as the budget deficit and education, we also researched citizens’ wishes on political reform, writes FIACH Mac CONGHAIL  A specially…

By Emily S. HopkinsOn June 28, Cornell received a $15 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic) to support financial aid for students in the Cornell Tradition program. The gift, which will be paid in three annual installments of $5 million each beginning this month,…

The below Royal Gazette article features some of the findings of a new report, "Out of School and 'On the Wall': A qualitative look into the lives of unemployed young Black Bermudian men and the gender gap in educational attainment," by Drs. Monique Jethwani-Keyser and…

New York, June 29, 2011. KidsWell, a campaign dedicated to the successful implementation of federal health reform for America’s children, launched www.KidsWellCampaign.org, a website monitoring state and national health care reform implementation and opposition across the country. Drawing on a growing repository of more than…

NEW YORK, NY, June 27, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that its Transition Committee has selected Christopher Oechsli as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board announced earlier this month that President and CEO Gara LaMarche did not intend…