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SPLC President Richard Cohen urges Congress not to tamper with birthright citizenship

May 5, 2015

Altering the 14th Amendment’s promise of citizenship to all children born within the United States would undermine one of our nation’s bedrock principles and risk creating…

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

May 4, 2015

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…

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Charities Intensify Efforts in Riot-Torn Baltimore

April 30, 2015

As tensions simmered down following riots that shook this city on Monday, foundations and groups here vowed to work harder to help people in neighborhoods…

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Contribute Now! MADD’s Matching Gift Challenge Ends Tonight

April 30, 2015

Donate now and see your gift double in size during the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Matching Gift Challenge. A generous group of MADD supporters has…

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Teaching Tolerance recognizes 104 schools for ‘Mix It Up at Lunch Day’ efforts

April 28, 2015

The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project today named 104 schools as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among students and…

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Sloan Kettering CEO Craig Thompson on the revolution under way in cancer prevention and treatment

April 28, 2015

By CRAIG B. THOMPSON   Decades into the declared modern war on cancer, scientists and clinicians are excited by what we are learning. Yet patients and…

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In Focus: No Place to Call Home

April 28, 2015

“You never get to feel safe. You never get to make friends. You are always anxious, because you never know when something is going to…

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

April 23, 2015

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…

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“I am Jesse Owens” Mural Created by Students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts

April 21, 2015

By Eric Althoff  A tribute to Olympic hero Jesse Owens now is proudly on display at the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center in Northwest thanks…

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DoSomething.org Campaign Pushes for Change Regarding Stories of Unfair School Punishment

April 21, 2015

Suspended For WHAT? A third grader was suspended when she shaved her head in support of a long-term friend and cancer patient. A 14-year-old boy…

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20 Years Later: Hatewatch Looks Back at the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 20, 2015

On April 19, 1995 – 20 years ago Sunday – a truck bomb brought down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing…

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

April 16, 2015

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…

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