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A Fallen Hero and the Company He Kept
By Ryan Scott The other day, I received the terrible news that Stephen Robinson, a leading advocate for veterans and a friend of Causecast, had…
Job One for America: Put Young People to Work
By Hillary Rodham Clinton A few weeks ago, I met an impressive young man named Oscar during a visit to the Intertech Plastics manufacturing factory…
Chief Seattle Council Venturing Crew 310 Embarks on Denali Expedition
By Patrice Eulin On June 12, Venturing Crew 310, chartered by Cascade Leadership Challenge (CLC) in Seattle, Wash., began an expedition to climb Denali, the highest peak…
Team USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard: Comfortable in His Own Skin
By John Strubel Tim Howard is hard to miss. After all, he’s a 6-3, 210-pound goalkeeper who became the face of the U.S. men’s national…
How CSR Natives Can Help You Drive Impact & Stimulate Innovation
By Craig Bida (From the CSRwire Talkback Blog Series) Ask any CEO: It’s a corporate social responsibility (CSR) jungle out there. C-suite leaders know just…
Why We Need Boys Town
Why do we need Boys Town? Hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. lose their childhood to poverty, gangs, homelessness and abuse, through no…
Remembering Vincent Chin: The Passion and Agony of a Community
I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let…
Reflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor
By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was…
“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care
In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in…
Mowing for Memories
By Adrianne Philion Sitting in the waiting room, a familiar place he has been before, Jonah watches as children just like him go through the…
Why SPLC is Helping Poultry Workers Stand up for Their Rights
By Kristin Donovan Poultry processing is among the most grueling jobs I have come across in my two-and-a-half years as an outreach paralegal with the SPLC’s…
How CVS Caremark Is Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility
By Rahim Kanani “The decision to stop selling cigarettes was one that came with a financial risk. Eliminating $2B in sales is not something that…