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Immigrant arrests sever parents, children
Source: Associated Press State & Local Wire
Original Source Brothers Ismael, Luis and Edwin Valeriano are U.S. citizens, but their lives have been upended by the arrest of their father as part of an escalating crackdown on illegal immigrants. In March, the boys' 38-year-old father, Ismael Valeriano, a single parent from Mexico…
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Work past retirement age? Avoid pitfalls, penalties
Source: New York Newsday
Original Source BY MARK MILLER Tribune Media Services So you're getting ready to retire, but think you'll want to keep working in some fashion after you leave. Maybe you'll downshift to a part-time position with your former employer, or do some consulting. Congratulations on making…
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North's peace deal is now at a critical juncture, warns former ombudsman
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source by DAN KEENAN and AMEL BRAHMI THE NORTHERN Ireland peace is at a critical juncture, the former police ombudsman Dame Nuala O'Loan has warned. "We have peace, but it is still fragile, because there are those who still hold weapons, and seek to…
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Britain rebuked for spying on us for seven years
Source: The Irish Independent
Original Source By Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor THE British government illegally and secretly monitored every telephone, fax and email to and from the UK and Ireland for seven years. Laws surrounding mass covert surveillance, which the British government insisted were necessary to combat a growing…
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Six US-financed HIV/AIDS programmes launched
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Original Source Hanoi (VNA) The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam will provide a total amount of 1.4 million USD as aid for six HIV/AIDS programmes in the country, the US Embassy said on July 1. The programmes will be carried…
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Looking at the Dropout Issue
Source: The Washington Post
Original Source By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer Some of the most troubling questions about schools, such as what causes dropouts, have few clear answers because there is so little research. And the reason that data is lacking, at least in part, is that…
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Life's second act, with purpose and a plan
Source: The Oregonian
A program called Life by Design aims to help aging adults move forward Original Source by Nikole Hannah-Jones Betsy Radigan became a widow at 49 and realized that she didn't know what to do with the rest of her life. Since she'd been married, all…
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CoRMSA Report Outlines Way Forward Following Xenophobic Attacks
Source: CoRMSA
The recent violence against non-South Africans across the country is not a new phenomenon nor is it likely to end with deaths that shocked South Africa in May. The violence is but the most recent episode in a long history of the exclusion and marginalisation…
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An untapped wealth of talent
Original Source By Linda Hersey WESTBROOK: Maine has a silent army of civic leaders and volunteers poised and ready to be activated to improve the quality of life for all residents. They are retirees men and women who've had fulfilling careers and are embarking on…
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
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