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Without Federal Reform, Number of Uninsured Could Expand Sharply Over Next Decade, Report Finds
The Urban Institute is an Atlantic grantee. If reforms at the federal level are not enacted, the cost of health care for businesses could double and the number of uninsured Americans could reach 65.7 million within a decade, with middle-income families hit hardest, a new…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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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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Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty
by IAN URBINA ANNAPOLIS, Md. — When Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared before the Maryland Senate last week, he made an unconventional argument that is becoming increasingly popular in cash-strapped states: abolish the death penalty to cut costs. Mr. O’Malley, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic who has…
Author: The New York Times
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Older workers and the recession
by Richard W. Johnson Johnson is a principal research associate in the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute’s Income and Benefits Policy Center. Last week’s triple dose of grim employment news stirred memories of the early 1980s. Made official on Monday, the current recession has already outlasted…
Author: The San Diego Union-Tribune
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How King v. Burwell Threatens the Health and Financial Stability of Consumers
By Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA One of the most incredible oddities about the King v. Burwell case is that the people who have the biggest stake in its outcome are not parties to the litigation. This is because there are only two sets of parties…
Author: Families USA
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Gap Persists Between Nonprofit Needs and Grantmaker Practices, Survey Finds
Most foundations are not making the changes that they and their grantees say are essential to supporting nonprofit success, a new survey of staffed foundations commissioned by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations finds. The survey, Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter: A National Study of Philanthropic Practice (16…
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Report Details Presidential Nominees' Divergent Approaches to Healthcare Reform
The healthcare reform proposals of presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama differ in how many people would be covered and their potential impact on the uninsured, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds. The report, The 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Health Reform Proposals: Choices…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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District plans for deported parents In case of raid, Garland ISD making sure no child left alone
by STELLA M. CHáVEZ Garland school district officials want to be prepared in case federal authorities crack down on illegal immigrants. They aim to ensure that no student is left behind or with nowhere to go should Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain mom and dad.…
Author: Dallas Morning News
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Super cities are not just rocket science
We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia’s most liveable cities and among the world’s top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…
Author: The Australian
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Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School
The Youth Development Institute (through the Fund for the City of New York) is an Atlantic grantee. by Peter Kleinbard What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility: a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to…
Author: Youth Today
