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When Justice Doesn’t Work
Most Americans can turn to the courts for remedies to injustice. However, the mainstream justice system may not provide comfortable solutions, and sometimes isn’t even…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How Oversleeping and Lack of Sleep Affect Your Child’s Mood
Daniel S. Lewin, PhD, D’ABSM, a pediatric psychologist, sleep specialist, and licensed clinical psychologist at Children’s National Health System speaks about how sleep affects behavior.…
Supporting Research to Better Understand Stillbirths, SIDS & Other Causes of Sudden, Unexpected Infant Deaths
During the course of the past four decades, First Candle has funded cutting-edge research projects at medical institutions throughout the United States. They are also…
When the Waters Rise… Feed the Children Responds
At Feed the Children, we work day in and day out to help create a world in which no child is hungry. But when disaster strikes, we also mobilize…
Big Data Confirm Amyloid’s Role in Early Alzheimer’s
In two studies receiving international attention, 2013-16 BrightFocus grantee Rik Ossenkoppele, PhD, of Vrije Universiteit (VU) Medical Center, Amsterdam, and colleagues in the Netherlands have…
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…