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A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values
Original Source by Marian Wright Edelman Glenn Loury, a professor in the Department of Economics at Brown University, has long been one of the nation’s most outspoken Black intellectuals. For many years he was a leading conservative voice on topics like affirmative action, and whenever…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Why on Earth Would a Foundation Try to Get Rid of All of Its Money?
The aspect of The Atlantic Philanthropies in which people have the most interest is not that we are one of the largest foundations in the world – in fact, the largest private funder in the countries in which we operate, outside of the U.S. –…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Alliance for Justice and Council on Foundations Release New Publication, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding
November 20, 2008, Washington, DC—In today’s uncertain financial climate, people everywhere have been forced to reevaluate their budgets and foundations are no exception. With less money available to support their program work, many foundations are looking for ways to target their grants in order to…
Author: Alliance for Justice / Council on Foundations
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ICE Raids a Hot Issue for Next Presidency
by ALBOR RUIZ YOU WOULD’VE thought the dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in full battle gear that descended on Laurel, Miss., Monday had found Osama Bin Laden. That, though, was not the case. It turns out that their mission was much easier and…
Author: NY Newsday
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Landmark ruling allows non-EU spouses to stay
Original Source By Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor THOUSANDS of foreign wives and husbands of EU citizens based in Ireland who were facing deportation are to gain residency rights here following a landmark European ruling. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Irish laws which required…
Author: Irish Independent
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Province sets new date for refugee reintegration
Original Source By Francis Hweshe The Western Cape government has acknowledged the fears expressed by some refugees over their reintegration, but says it willcontinue to work towards returning them to the communities from which they were displaced. During the xenophobic attacks in May, about 20,000…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Grey areas undermine tax reform of unwedded bliss
Original Source By Fionnan Sheahan COHABITING couples are the fastest growing family type in the country. According to the last Census, the total number of cohabiting couples was 121,800 in 2006 up from 77,600 in 2002. They represented 11.6pc of all family units in 2006…
Author: The Irish Independent
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Integrated Education: Essential to a Shared Future in Northern Ireland
Last week in Belfast, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement, I sat down with Tina Merron and Sam Fitzsimmons, who are among the leaders of a bold effort to ensure that Catholics and Protestants in this long-contested region…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Xenophobia emerges as a 'new apartheid'
Business Day, 1 April 2008 Xenophobia emerges as a ‘new apartheid’ WilsonJohwa Political Correspondent DRUNK on the alcohol they had just looted, some sang Awuleth’ umshiniwami and continued into the night. By morning, two Zimbabweans were dead. They were victims of the latest xenophobic attacks.…
Author: Business Day