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Teaching Tolerance Offers Strategies to Help Educators Cope with Uncivil Rhetoric in Presidential Campaign

Every four years, teachers across America use the presidential election to engage children in our electoral process and teach them valuable lessons about our democracy,…

Charities to Support on World Cancer Day

Whether it’s an individual journey or supporting someone else’s, chances are your life will be touched by cancer at some point. Many advances have been…

The Southern Poverty Law Center: Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Seeking Justice

Join America’s Charities, now through December, as we highlight different nonprofits and share how individuals and companies can Shape the Future of various causes through workplace giving…

Creating a Future Where Fewer People Hear the Words, “You Have Cancer”

The need for cancer prevention and early detection programs is more urgent now than ever.  This year alone, more than 580,000 people will die from…

Creating a Life Without Limits for People With Disabilities

What do YOU know about UCP? UCP stands for  “United Cerebral Palsy,” but Cerebral Palsy isn’t the only focus of UCP’s work. They are a…

Saving Lives by Answering the Call/Text/E-mail/Chat for Help

The first text message Brianna sent to a Boys Town National Hotline® Crisis Counselor said she had cut herself as part of a suicide attempt.…

Keeping Educational Doors Open

This blog post was originally posted on CSRwire’s Talkback Series, “Human Rights: A Rainbow of Challenges” By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. The United Nations Education,…

Reforming Government Systems and Policies That Could Mean the Difference Between Students’ Incarceration and Graduation

Dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) uses legal…

Supporting Morris Animal Foundation’s Unite to Fight Pet Cancer Campaign is Good for You and Your Pet

Cancer is a disease that takes on countless forms—that is especially true in veterinary medicine where doctors treat many different species of animals with cancer…

Alone We are Rare, Together We are Strong. Helping the 30 Million Americans Affected by Rare Diseases

Any disease affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans is considered rare, and there are nearly 7,000 such diseases affecting nearly 30 million Americans. The National Organization…

For Boys Town Family-Teaching Couple, Changing Children’s Lives Is the Ultimate Reward

Abby and Rob Fehr have always had a passion for teaching children. That’s why they earned their college degrees and became schoolteachers. But when they…

The Lasting Negative Effects Financial Abuse Has on Women

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 7, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Financial abuse is a tactic used by abusers in ninety-eight percent of domestic violence situations and its effects are…