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The Latest U.S. Shift on Cuba Policy is About Far More Than Rum and Cigars
Embed from Getty Images On Monday, October 17th, a new round of changes in U.S.-Cuba policy went into effect. And while the removal of restrictions on bringing back rum and cigars grabbed mostheadlines, other embargo-easing measures will be more significant. The regulatory amendments, announced by…
Author: Sarah Kinosian, Washington Office on Latin America
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Number of Uninsured Children Drops to Lowest Level Since 1987
Outlook Bleaker for Parents and Other Adults 10 Sep 2009 The Center for Children and Families is an Atlantic grantee. Statement by Jocelyn Guyer, Co-Director Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute “The new Census report shows that the number of…
Author: Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute
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Island of Ireland emerging as the leader in applications of prevention science to policy and practice
Original Source The island of Ireland is emerging as a point of focus for breakthroughs in applications of prevention science to policy and practice. Over 25 innovative projects from across the island were showcased at a conference convened by the Office for the Minister of…
Author: Prevention Action
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Are We Seeing a New ‘Inequality Paradigm’ in Social Science?
Mike Savage is Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows program at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. Social scientists have long been concerned with inequality, yet the focus has often been on its theoretical and political aspects. This is now starting to change, writes Mike Savage, co-director of…
Author: LSE British Policy and Politics Blog
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ICI Says Migrants Left ‘In Limbo’ by Immigration Policy
Immigration Council of Ireland notes ‘busy year’ for its frontline services Chief executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) Denise Charlton. The ICI criticised Ireland’s immigration policy and how it leaves migrants ‘living in limbo’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times By Patsy McGarry Failure…
Author: The Irish Times
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S. Africa Embraces Study Critical of Health Policy
Original Source Several organisations involved in this report are Atlantic grantees: Save the Children, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria, and University of the Western Cape. Funding for this publication was provided by Saving Newborn Lives/Save the…
Author: The New York Times
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Springborg ambivalent about science and technology policy
THE spectacular rise of the bioscience and medical innovation sector in Brisbane did not rate a mention in Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg’s speech to the Committee for Economic Development yesterday. The omission followed a day after the potential premier and Liberal National Party candidate…
Author: The Australian
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Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa
Original Source By CELIA W. DUGGER JOHANNESBURG — A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs…
Author: The New York Times
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Atlantic Grantees Make a Strong Case for School Discipline Policy Reform
Suspensions, expulsions and arrests in U.S. public schools have skyrocketed over three decades. Studies show that zero tolerance policies alienate students, undermining their trust in peers and adults in school, and increasing their chances of dropping out and exposure to the juvenile justice system. Atlantic’s…
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Zero-Tolerance Policy Creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline
Interview by Jacob Simas EDITOR’S NOTE: Schools across the nation are increasingly adopting punitive measures as a way to control and deter violence and other disruptive behaviors. These “zero-tolerance” policies can encompass anything from metal detectors to increased police presence on school campuses to the…
Author: New America Media