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Funding from DoJ will reduce truancy, improve academics among underserved youth Washington D.C. Today U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of America a significant grant to enhance its mentoring programs. The $8,615,548 grant,…

by A'EYSHA KASSIEM VIOLENT crime, a failing education system and the impact of HIV/Aids and TB are some of the "critical threats" facing South Africa, says the University of Cape Town's newly-installed vice-chancellor Max Price. Price said he hopes to see UCT play a greater…

Original Source by Victor Khupiso, Gabisile Ndebele and Philani Nombembe 'We don't want foreigners ... I don't regret taking part in these attacks' As safety camps housing 7000 people who fled May's xenophobic violence prepare to close in the next two weeks, foreigners are sceptical…

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…

Themba Mngomezulu stood on a hillside on his family’s land, in Ingwavuma, in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, not far from the border of Swaziland, and told us his story. Not far away, his grandmother sat on a straw mat on the floor of her one-room…

The end of one year and the start of the next is a traditional time for looking both back and forward, and a good time to check in with readers of this column – an unusual experiment in philanthropy that we started in July, a…

There’s no shortage of conflict and division in today’s society. The political polarization in the United States. The protracted war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza igniting a wider regional conflict. The violence, economic hardship, and climate change—deepening historic divisions, fueling inequality, and displacing millions.…

There's no shortage of conflict and division in today's society. The political polarization in the United States. The protracted war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza igniting a wider regional conflict. The violence, economic hardship, and climate change—deepening historic divisions, fueling inequality, and displacing millions.…

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…

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…