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Source: Children’s National While prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines serve an important role when used under a doctor’s care, the misuse of these medicines is a growing problem among today’s youth. According to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), every day, almost 2,500 teens abuse a prescription medicine for the first time and the…

A lot of cancer patients set goals when they’re going through chemotherapy, but Kristina Anderson is pushing herself to do something out of the ordinary.  The 25-year-old is competing in the upcoming Miss Arizona pageant.  Anderson, who was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in July, tells Today.com, “I thought it would be a…

Tejay Johnson won a Rose Bowl, then never played football again. Now he’s an assistant coach at Fort Worth’s Dunbar High School TCU had just won the 2011 Rose Bowl and Tejay Johnson, the Horned Frogs’ star safety, couldn’t make up his mind. His options: stay in school and finish his degree or try for…

How Malala put education on the global agenda By Wendy Kopp, Founder and Chair of the board of Teach for America Shortly after she was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai met with President Obama in the Oval Office – and illustrated why she should have won. At a time when…

Source: PetSmart Charities A sure way to learn what people think about shelter pets and adoption is to ask — and recently, Best Friends Animal Society did just that. Now, the organization has released Best Friends’ Inaugural Pet Adoption Surveyconducted by Ketchum Global Research and Analytics in November 2012. Some findings were predictable and heartwarming…

It is said that laughter is the best medicine. Although actress Fran Drescher has done her share of healing over the years in her role on the hit TV series “The Nanny,” she took on a more serious subject in September when she came to Capitol Hill to discuss environmental risks and women’s cancers. Fran,…

Each year on Veterans Day, thousands of veterans and their families congregate at The Wall to remember and to honor those who served in the U.S. armed forces. On these special days, prominent Americans from all walks of life come to the Memorial to deliver thoughtful and patriotic speeches.  Click here for all event details.…

Movember 2013 During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital awareness and funds for men’s health issues, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives. The Foundation received $6.2 million from our amazing partners…

By Rick Cohen The salacious headline of the Washington Post article on reported “diversions” of nonprofit assets reads, “Inside the hidden world of thefts, scams and phantom purchases at the nation’s nonprofits.” Therein lies the problem: the lure implies that the nonprofits are involved in and parties to these “thefts, scams and phantom purchases,” as…

By Cecillia Wang, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project  Immigrant families in Alabama can finally breathe more freely thanks to a settlement reached Tuesday with Alabama over its draconian HB 56 anti-immigrant law, enacted in 2011. The settlement that we and our co-counsel reached permanently blocks key provisions of the law and significantly limits racial profiling resulting from…

When Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast on October 29, 2012, the need was massive, the logistics complicated. Fortunately, Feeding America’s Disaster Relief Program was already in place and able to mobilize quickly. In total, Feeding America food banks distributed more than 20 million meals to people affected by the storm. Thanks to our generous…

Research shows the much-maligned aid to the poor buys broad economic and public health gains. In September, just two days after a Census Bureau report showed that food stamps helped keep 4 million Americans out of poverty last year, the US House of Representatives approved a $39 billion cut to the program (known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…