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The First Step for Putting Women Back in History

[Preservation Tips and Tools] The First Step for Putting Women Back in History from PreservationNation Gerda Lerner, a pioneering scholar of women’s history, looked back…

Florida student feels hopeless, humiliated because of school’s punitive culture

By Amir Whitaker “I don’t have rights,” the 15-year-old boy tells me. His mother begins to sob uncontrollably. She sees the hopelessness in her son’s…

Former JA Scholarship Recipient Says “Thank You”

Each year, Junior Achievement of Abilene is thrilled to offer multiple scholarships to area high school graduates who had received Junior Achievement programming during their high school…

U.S. News & World Report: Children’s National Health System Ranked Among Top Ten Best Children’s Hospitals In the Nation – Children’s National Health System

Washington, DC— Children’s National Health System has been named to the prestigious Honor Roll of the U.S. News & World Report 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals, ranking among…

Torture In 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises

Electric shocks. Beatings. Rape. Humiliation. Mock executions. Burning. Sleep deprivation. Water torture. Long hours in contorted positions. Use of pincers, drugs, and dogs. The very…

TOMS Shares Shoes, Friendship in Nicaragua

In the Palo Verde community in Nicaragua, kids are growing and thriving… and so is fresh produce, thanks to a new garden that was recently planted…

Driving Innovative Research and Fighting for the Future Every Child Deserves

Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer and the…

Submit a Charity Dollars at Work Story

In addition to getting your charity included as a charity choice in the Combined Federal Campaign and in private sector campaigns across the country, America’s…

Only 2 Weeks Left to Sign-up for our Member Advertising Campaign

Shape the Future (with more funds from donors) The future does not just happen. We make it happen (with a little help from donors of…

Empowering People With Cancer to Hope

Facing cancer is scary enough. Thanks to Hope Connections for Cancer Support and their free programs, no one is prevented from getting the help they…

Police in schools put vulnerable students at risk of being unnecessarily pushed into justice system

Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push…

How Dress For Success is Changing Lives

Many people think that Dress for Success simply helps women get back to work, but what we really do is change lives. This is the…