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Judge: Mich. can't reject voters with bad address
A judge has ordered Michigan election officials to stop automatically canceling a voter’s registration if the card is returned as undeliverable. Federal Judge Stephen Murphy in Detroit ruled Monday in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and a group representing college students.…
Author: The Associated Press
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Senators push for immigration raid guidelines
by SAMANTHA HENRY With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them.…
Author: Associated Press Online
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Same Sex Marriage: Culture, Law and Advocacy on Three Continents
Achieving full legal equality for gay men and lesbians has never been easy, in any part of the world. Yet in an increasingly globalised media, legal and economic environment, what happens in one country can provide valuable lessons for another. We get an unusual opportunity…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Philanthropy for social change: a response to Michael Edwards
By Gara LaMarche Michael Edwards, in his openDemocracy essay ” Philanthrocapitalism: after the goldrush” (20 March 2008), raises an important and necessary voice of concern about trends in philanthropy that have received too little scrutiny to date – either because, as is often the case…
Author: OpenDemocracy
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Not-So Sweet Home Alabama: What Alabamians Are Saying About Their State's New Immigration Law
Kassi Cruz picks tomatoes in Steele, Alabama, on October 3, 2011. Cruz decided to pitch in to help after the majority of migrant workers left after the new Alabama immigration law took effect last week. By Center for American Progress Immigration Team Alabama has reawakened…
Author: Center for American Progress
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Philanthropic Partnership: Improving the lives of our Fellow-citizens
Link to Video This year’s Council on Foundations conference, titled “Philanthropy’s Vision: A Leadership Summit,” took place May 4-7, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. At the Monday, May 5 luncheon plenary, “Philanthropic Partnership: Improving the…
Author: Council on Foundations
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School Discipline Reform and the Role of Atlantic Philanthropies
By Kiersten Marek Atlantic Philanthropies’ work in the area of school discipline reform is a particularly striking example of how limited-life philanthropy can play a key role in social movements for children and youth. Atlantic Philanthropies has a large and diverse giving portfolio, covering the areas…
Author: The Chronicle of Social Change
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The Central Park Five Film Premieres on April 16
Watch Central Park Five Trailer on PBS. See more from Central Park Five. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white…
Author: PBS
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Average of Five Students Arrested Per Day at City Schools Last Fall
Students and advocates rally at police headquarters after the release of data on arrests and police incidents at city schools. Photo: Gotham Schools By Rachel Cromidas Police officers arrested more students and handed out more tickets in schools as the school year got underway, according…
Author: Gotham Schools
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Repairing Our Broken Justice System
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…
Author: The Nation