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By Marjorie Valbrun.  "Everyone who is in this group has been fighting for the Dream Act for years," said Tania Unzueta, 26, who emigrated from Mexico when she was 10 along with her parents and 6-year-old sister. She took part in the sit-in at the…

Bill heads to Fenty's desk, still must survive congressional review period By Tim Craig The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, setting off a wave of excitement in the gay community even as opponents vow to continue the…

Social justice management should be both more humane and tougher, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Yale School of Management. I was at first flattered when I heard that students here at the Yale School of Management…

By Gara LaMarche. This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation. Since the levees burst in New Orleans and the interstate bridge collapsed in Minnesota, much has been written and said about the need to repair the nation's infrastructure, too much…

Gara LaMarche   I recently travelled to Limpopo, a South African province on the border of Zimbabwe that is experiencing an influx of Zimbabweans who are escaping from that very troubled country, where human rights are disregarded, disease is running rampant, and the economy long…

Original Source By Keith B. RichburgWashington Post Staff Writer NEW YORK, April 7 -- Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to recognize gay marriage, and theD.C. Council voted to recognize same-sex unions performed in other states. The two actions give same-sex marriage proponents new…

Washington, DC- July 8, 2008Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being launched…

08 Jun 2008 Camp must be closed immediately and the City and Province must open facilities in communities, especially the city centre and suburbs, to shelter people. Reintegration efforts are a priority. President must give the United Nations a mandate to assist refugees who wish…

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…

Are foundations with set periods for spending down their assets more effective as grantmakers than their peers who are established to exist in perpetuity?