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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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Press freedom is a pillar of democracy
This statement was published in the Aug 24th edition of Sowetan Live. We are organisations that campaign for social justice. The success of our work is dependent on respect for the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights. The right to free expression and freedom of…
Author: Sowetan Live
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Young activists gather in Galway in preparation for a new Ireland
By TREVOR QUINN As the latest statistics showed Ireland’s unemployment rate continues to rise, 20 young people from across Ireland gathered in Galway last weekend determined to highlight their desire for much needed change. The SpunOut.ie Academy of Activism, supported by the Huston Film School…
Author: Galway Advertiser
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Leaders of 2 Foundations Reflect on the Process of Giving It All Away
By Caroline Preston. Atlantic Philanthropies, a multibillion-dollar foundation that supports a variety of causes including progressive priorities such as changing the U.S. health-care system, and the Avi Chai Foundation, a $593-million fund dedicated to strengthening Judaism, might not seem to have all that much in…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Activism 'academy' to focus on young people's role in politics
By Lorna Siggins. YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Where the Billions Will Go
By Tom Watson. The pledge by Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates, and other billionaires to give away large parts of their fortunes leaves a question: Where will the money go? There’s a new solicitor general in this country and his name is Warren Buffett.…
Author: The Daily Beast
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Long Fought Human Rights Victories Show the Importance of Staying the Course
A core premise of Atlantic’s approach to philanthropy, underlying our plan to spend the foundation’s assets by the end of this decade, is that addressing issues now can prevent them from becoming larger, more serious challenges later. But investing now doesn’t always mean that change…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Gates, Slim to donate to health fund
The world’s two richest men are teaming up with Spain to donate $150 million to fight malnutrition, dengue, malaria and other health problems in Mexico and Central America. Foundations run by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim will each donate $50…
Author: The Irish Times
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Amid Arizona immigration protests, a new generation dreams of the Dream Act
By Marjorie Valbrun. “Everyone who is in this group has been fighting for the Dream Act for years,” said Tania Unzueta, 26, who emigrated from Mexico when she was 10 along with her parents and 6-year-old sister. She took part in the sit-in at the…
Author: The Washington Post
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Changing the Story: Using the Arts to Advance Social Justice
In the 2008 film Sin Nombre, the audience follows a young Honduran woman named Sayra as she winds her way through Mexico and into the United States in search of a better life. Her trip is lonely and dangerous, and through her eyes Sin Nombre…
Author: Gara LaMarche