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Four Leading Downsized Journalists Will Spend Nine Months Writing for CJR and Preparing for the Next Phase of Their Careers. Civic Ventures is an Atlantic grantee. NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2009 - The Columbia Journalism Review has selected four leading journalists as the first group…

Original Source HIV prevalence among pregnant women has stabilised at about 29%, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday. "The prevalence among women aged 25 and above has stabilised at high and unacceptable levels," Motsoaledi said in Pretoria, releasing the 2008 results of a survey…

Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…

The National Hispanic Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National leaders are meeting in Washington for the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) conference Oct. 6-7 to urge Congress to support healthcare reform and address the growing need for…

Equal Education is an Atlantic grantee. By CELIA W. DUGGER CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thousands of children marched to City Hall this week in sensible black shoes, a stream of boys and girls from township schools across this seaside city that extended for blocks,…

Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic Children & Youth Programme grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. Archways, is today (Monday, 21st Sept) launching the first set of findings from the Incredible Years BASIC parent training programme for children aged 3-6yrs. The Incredible Years (IY)…

The Fermanagh Trust Shared Education Programme is an Atlantic grantee. The new term in Fermanagh's schools has got off to an exciting start, with teachers and pupils involved actively in a range of new shared education projects, under the Fermanagh Trust Shared Education Programme (FTSEP).…

by PEROSHNI GOVENDER South Africa will not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80% of people living with HIV/Aids by 2011 due to logistical problems and a lack of personnel, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday. "We are now covering 700 000…

Cornell University is an Atlantic grantee. By ARLENE FINE, Senior Staff Reporter Jane and Lee Seidman made headlines last week for pledging $6 million to Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital to help fund a new 72-bed patient tower at the Mayfield Heights hospital. This donation is…

The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The National Indian Youth Leadership Project's substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…