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Another Success for MADD! Texas Becomes 25th State To Enact All-Offender Interlock Law
AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 23, 2015) — Last week, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 2246 into law, requiring drunk drivers to install an ignition interlock if they…
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The FBI has no idea how many hate crimes happen in America each year
By J. Richard Cohen A white man and apartheid admirer walked into a black church Wednesday night and killed nine people. He reportedly said he had…
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Crafting a Conscious Culture
A good thing is happening. More companies are awakening to what a conscious culture can mean for their business, and Millennials will be instigating more…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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