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Schoolhouse lessons confront small-town racism

July 8, 2014

Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white. When…

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Family from Uganda finds respite at Children’s Inn

July 8, 2014

Recently a Ugandan family, with three teenagers affected by a seizure disorder called Nodding syndrome, stayed at The Children’s Inn. The disorder strikes at about…

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Move it Monsters!

July 7, 2014

Things that creep and crawl, shadows lurking on the wall, scary thoughts running through your head or even monsters under your bed can all be…

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The Truth About Skin Cancer

July 7, 2014

Fifteen years ago, Heather Haux, a high school teacher in Long Island, New York, noticed what appeared to be a scrape on her arm. When…

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Yoga For a Cure to Breast Cancer

July 7, 2014

On February 13, 2014, Maggie DiNome, MD, Director of the newly developed High-Risk Clinic at the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Margie Petersen Breast Center…

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How MADD and Nationwide are Working Together to Save Lives

July 7, 2014

One in three people in this country will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is working…

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Remembering Vincent Chin: The Passion and Agony of a Community

June 30, 2014

I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let…

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Reflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor

June 30, 2014

By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was…

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“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care

June 30, 2014

In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in…

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Mowing for Memories

June 30, 2014

By Adrianne Philion Sitting in the waiting room, a familiar place he has been before, Jonah watches as children just like him go through the…

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Why SPLC is Helping Poultry Workers Stand up for Their Rights

June 30, 2014

By Kristin Donovan Poultry processing is among the most grueling jobs I have come across in my two-and-a-half years as an outreach paralegal with the SPLC’s…

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How CVS Caremark Is Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility

June 30, 2014

By Rahim Kanani “The decision to stop selling cigarettes was one that came with a financial risk. Eliminating $2B in sales is not something that…

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