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President Obama Proclaims July 9, 2009 National Summer Learning Day
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING DAY, 2009 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Like an athlete out of practice, a child who takes long breaks from learning…
Author: The White House
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Vermont Legislature Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
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…
Author: The Washington Post
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Being lesbian in SA could get you killed - report
by FRANNY RABKIN BEING out as a lesbian in SA can get you killed. Or raped. Or both. This is the “shocking” reality faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people in this country, although they live in a country with one of the most…
Author: Business Day (South Africa)
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The Perfect Storm
The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations. Original Source By Eyal Press In the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, sat at his desk in Lower Manhattan and reached out to people…
Author: The Nation
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Justice advocate faces challenge of recession
Original Source By Lauren Foster Ann Beeson has tackled some tough issues in her career as a human rights advocate and litigator, including challenging the National Security Agency’s illegal surveillance of Americans without a warrant and the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Now, as executive…
Author: Financial Times
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Foundations help nonprofits hurt in Madoff affair
By RACHEL BECK NEW YORK (AP) – Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout — but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help. Human Rights Watch, The Center for Constitutional Rights and others are…
Author: Associated Press
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Two Big Foundations Team Up to Assist Madoff Victims
Original Source Two big foundations have teamed up to assist civil-rights groups and legal-aid organizations that have lost donors due to the alleged financial scheme of Bernard Madoff. The Atlantic Philanthropies and Open Society Institute have pledged to match as much as $300,000 in donations…
Author: Chronicle of Philanthropy
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ICE Raids a Hot Issue for Next Presidency
by ALBOR RUIZ YOU WOULD’VE thought the dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in full battle gear that descended on Laurel, Miss., Monday had found Osama Bin Laden. That, though, was not the case. It turns out that their mission was much easier and…
Author: NY Newsday
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FOIC ruling to face challenge
by Aaron Bray This July, the Elm City Resident Card celebrated both its one-year anniversary and a long-awaited court victory – although opponents are looking to cut the celebrations short. At the conclusion of months of testimony and hearings before the state Freedom of Information…
Author: Yale Daily News