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Marry, marry? Quite contrary.
By Irene Sege Danielle Cole has worn a diamond engagement ring for five years, since shortly before she and her fiance moved in together. To her surprise, she was pregnant at the time. Otherwise, she and Christopher Feener would probably be long married by now.…
Author: Boston Globe
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'Pretty Much a Catastrophe': Anna Deavere Smith and the Disaster of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
MSNBC video: Focusing on the school-to-prison pipeline By Emily Wilson Photo Credit: iofoto / Shutterstock.com In the last 20 years, there has been a shocking rise in the number of schools that embrace zero tolerance policies that regularly leave students suspended, expelled or arrested for the…
Author: AlterNet
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As Population Ages, Hospital Nurses Increasingly Finding their NICHE
By Chris Lund People over the age of 65 are expected to grow from 13.3% of the US population today to 20.3% by 2030, and those over the age of 85 are projected to increase from 5.7 million in 2011 to 8.9 million people in…
Author: ElderBranch
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What We Learned From Health Care
By Gara LaMarche. In March, I was honored to watch President Obama’s bill signing for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with a group of labor leaders and reform activists. Around me were advocates who had worked for months — in some cases decades…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Spec. Ed. Is Funding Early Help
by Christina A. Samuels Bit by bit, the U.S. Department of Education is trying to pull down the walls that have traditionally separated general and special education. One facet of the plan is the department’s support of response to intervention, or RTI, an educational technique…
Author: Education Week
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Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference
By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it’s time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…
Author: The Chronicle on Philanthropy
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Getting Every Kid Covered – Learning from Cities’ Enrollment Successes
By Ben Kerman, Head of Strategic Learning and Evaluation Each year in the first full week of April, we celebrate National Public Health Week, a week dedicated to improving the health of the country and protecting the well-being of our children and future generations. As…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Diane E. Meier, MD: From Early Lessons in Critical Thinking to 'Palliative Care Everywhere'
By Ronald Piana Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, Optimism, 1903 Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP is director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Shortly past 8:00 AM on July 1977, Diane…
Author: The Asco Post
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The group that got health reform passed is declaring victory and going home
The Washington Post’s WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the “bold” decision by…
Author: The Washington Post
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Policies In Response To The Terrorist Attacks Have Undermined Our Historical Commitment to Human Rights
By Faiza Patel Like all anniversaries, this Sept. 11 prompts us to reflect on what has changed in the past decade. Certainly, the “war on terror” has brought fundamental changes to America’s place in the world, our international priorities and our system of laws. But…
Author: The National Law Journal