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Sweeter Home, Alabama?
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…
One Year Later, Superstorm Sandy Recovery by Feeding America
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…
The Hidden Benefits of Food Stamps
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…
Independent Sector Releases Statement on Washington Post Nonprofit Abuse Allegations
(WASHINGTON, October 31, 2013) — Independent Sector released the following statement: Dear Colleagues: You may have seen the Oct. 26 Washington Post story outlining alleged…
Food stamps will get cut by $5 billion this week — and more cuts could follow
The U.S. food-stamp program is set to shrink in the months ahead. The only real question is by how much. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
Declining black, Latino admissions to NYC’s specialized schools could be reversed
Admissions to the city’s elite schools could become more broad-based than a single test under Bill de Blasio, according to a report by Community Service…
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K
Nearly two decades ago, a landmark study found that by age 3, the children of wealthier professionals have heard words millions more times than those…
Preventing Kids from Abusing Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medicines
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…
Staying Positive is Half the Battle for Miss Arizona Contestant, Fighting Ovarian Cancer
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. …
Former All-American passes up NFL to teach
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…
Smart Kids, Not Smart Bombs
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…
Research Finds Shelter Dogs Still Need Help
Source: PetSmart Charities A sure way to learn what people think about shelter pets and adoption is to ask — and recently, Best Friends Animal…