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Featured Charity: Make-A-Wish Foundation® of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ
Wishes help kids feel better – and sometimes when they feel better, they get better. Learn how you can help share the power of a…
Read ArticleAlways Essential for Animals
Three days into the government shutdown, there is no clear signal that the political impasse will be broken imminently. Meanwhile, many public services are unavailable…
Read ArticleThree Things You Need To Know About The Government Shutdown
As the clock struck midnight in Washington earlier this week, the bitterly divided Congress officially failed to pass a budget and the United States government…
Read ArticleGovernment Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
When the clock struck midnight earlier this week, much of the federal government was expected to shut its doors, and the impact on the economy…
Read ArticleThe Real Hunger Games
Waiting lists for food aid have been growing for years—now almost 15 percent of the nation’s elderly don’t have enough to eat. Eva Perdue, her…
Read ArticleBelieve It Or Not, There Actually Is Some Good News (and some bad of course)
The Federal government shutdown has been the talk of the town all week. And we all want to know: how will this impact our guests?…
Read ArticleThe No-Fly List: Where the FBI Goes Fishing for Informants
By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project at 10:21am Over the last three years, the FBI has dramatically expanded its No-Fly List of…
Read ArticleDid the Wrong Man Spend 40 Years in Solitary Confinement?
It is now only a matter of weeks, or days perhaps, before Herman Wallace dies of the liver cancer that is ravaging his body. He…
Read ArticleBringing Human Rights Home: A Message From Amnesty USA’s New Executive Director, Steven W. Hawkins
I grew up in the shadow of Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York. As a boy, I would walk by Sing Sing and hear…
Read ArticleLesser-known Toll of Government Shutdown: Delays in Research to Conquer Diseases Affecting Mind and Sight
New Survey Outlines Funding Deficiency in Brain and Eye Disease Research BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds research worldwide to save sight and mind,…
Read ArticleColon Cancer Hits Younger Adults Especially Hard, Study Finds
Risk of advanced disease, death greater than for middle-aged patients. Younger adults with colorectal cancer that has spread (metastasized) to other areas of the body…
Read ArticlePrevent Cancer 5k Walk/Run Sets Record
Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Prevent Cancer 5k Walk/Run the most successful yet, thanks to all of the participants, donors, sponsors and volunteers who helped out and…
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