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New ad revives call for immigration reform
by KATHLEEN HENNESSEY A pro-immigration group has launched a new televison ad campaign intended to revive discussion of immigration reform in some swing states key to the presidential race. Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together, a nonprofit that describes itself as nonpartisan, launched the campaign Thursday…
Author: Associated Press State & Local Wire
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DUP warning fuels threat to power sharing
by Henry McDonald The looming threat to power sharing in Northern Ireland deepened yesterday after the first minister, Peter Robinson, warned that the IRA army council has to be dissolved before policing and justice is devolved to the Stormont assembly. The Democratic Unionist leader was…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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Initiative to Assist Low-Income Families in U.S. Awarded $5.5M Grant
SingleStop USA Aims to Lift One Million Households Out of Poverty. SingleStop USA, a new national initiative that connects low-income families and individuals with public benefits like children’s health coverage and tax credits, and services, such as legal and financial counseling, has received a $5.5…
Author: SingleStop USA
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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
New York, July 3, 2008 The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement
Joseph Coughlin describes his work as “trying to get people to ‘age cool.’ ” More specifically, as director of AgeLab, a research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is pushing advances in transportation, health care and housing off drawing boards and into older…
Author: Wall Street Journal