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Washington Post Piece Gives the Misimpression That the Nonprofit World is Rife With Fraud
By Rick Cohen The salacious headline of the Washington Post article on reported “diversions” of nonprofit assets reads, “Inside the hidden world of thefts, scams…
Read ArticleSweeter 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…
Read ArticleOne 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…
Read ArticleIndependent 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…
Read ArticleThe 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…
Read ArticleFood 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…
Read ArticleDeclining 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…
Read ArticleOne Year Later, Sandy Survivors Continue to Rebuild
By Delaney Gracy, Chief Medical Officer One year ago, Superstorm Sandy barreled into the New Jersey coastline, bringing 80 mile-per-hour winds and a record-breaking surge…
Read ArticleLanguage-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…
Read ArticlePreventing 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…
Read ArticleStaying 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. …
Read ArticleFormer 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…
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