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The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics
by Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava Twenty-one months after Barack Obama was inaugurated on a wave of hope for change in America’s politics and policies, at least two important and seemingly contradictory things can be said. First, there has been a series of significant progressive reforms: an economic…
Author: The Nation
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Achievement program looks to keep kids from getting lost in middle school
‘Scholars’ spend time with ‘mentors’ in afternoon, evening Higher Achievement is an Atlantic grantee. By Liz Bowie. At first the idea of regularly staying after school until 8 in the evening seemed “cool” to 11-year-old Kaelah Williams, but then the reality sank in that she…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Cover: The 25 Best Givers
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The KIPP Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne McGee. THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PHILANTHROPY this year is to make your dollars go far —…
Author: Barron's
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Has Inclusiveness Taken Hold in Philanthropy?
How well are minorities represented within foundation staff and boards, and how well are the less advantaged served through grants? In June 2009, a group of nonprofit leaders had a candid panel discussion on diversity in philanthropy, referencing the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ new report, Philanthropy…
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Advocacy Group Challenges Major Medicare Coverage Barrier
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is launching a new initiative to eliminate the Medicare “Improvement Standard,” which requires that Medicare beneficiaries be able to improve in order to qualify for coverage. For decades Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those with long-term, debilitating conditions and those who need…
Author: Elder Law Answers
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Capturing the Dreams of Young Entrepreneurs on Film
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship is an Atlantic grantee. By MICKEY MEECE MARY MAZZIO, a filmmaker who had already produced one movie about entrepreneurs, decided to make another on the subject last year, this one inspired by the work of a nonprofit group focused on at-risk…
Author: The New York Times
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in South Africa: Some Reflections on the First 100 Days of the Zuma Government
This week Gerald Kraak, Programme Executive with Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme and a veteran South African human rights advocate based in our Johannesburg office, shares his thoughts on the first 100 days of President Zuma’s administration. While international coverage of the April…
Author: Gerald Kraak
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Long-term care threatens to sap seniors' savings
AARP is an Atlantic grantee. by Bob Moos Kay Paggi has been the bearer of bad news more times than she cares to remember. The senior-care coordinator has helped hundreds of Dallas families find long-term care for frail parents. Almost always, they think Medicare will…
Author: The Dallas Morning News
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Keep kids' brains active to avoid summer drain
The National Center for Summer Learning is an Atlantic grantee. by Niesha Lofing School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean knowledge gained during the year needs to be lost forever. Summer brain drain is a real phenomenon — and a lurking…
Author: Sacramento Bee (California)
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Stimulus dollars dominate Town Hall meeting
By DARRELL L. BREESE Ready to answer questions about the state budget, the gas pipeline, the requirement of parental consent for abortions and the elimination of daylight savings time, members of the local legislative delegation gathered for a town hall meeting Saturday. While those topics…
Author: Alaska Star