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The First Step for Putting Women Back in History

June 10, 2015

[Preservation Tips and Tools] The First Step for Putting Women Back in History from PreservationNation Gerda Lerner, a pioneering scholar of women鈥檚 history, looked back…

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Florida student feels hopeless, humiliated because of school鈥檚 punitive culture

June 10, 2015

By Amir Whitaker 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have rights,鈥 the 15-year-old boy tells me. His mother begins to sob uncontrollably. She sees the hopelessness in her son鈥檚…

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Torture In 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises

June 10, 2015

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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Police in schools put vulnerable students at risk of being unnecessarily pushed into justice system

June 2, 2015

Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push…

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National Trust for Historic Preservation Explores Delicious Dishes at Train Depots-Turned-Restaurants

June 2, 2015

In the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s听last post听they invited you to take a trip to three historic train depots that have been revamped into swanky…

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UN Human Rights Office Releases Report Detailing Violence and Discrimination Against LGBT People

June 2, 2015

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a new report titled听鈥淒iscrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation…

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Why Don鈥檛 We Take Tanning as Seriously as Tobacco?

May 26, 2015

By Sherry Pagoto, PhD In 2009, upon review of the science on tanning beds and cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer assigned tanning…

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Keeping Educational Doors Open

May 19, 2015

This blog post was originally posted on CSRwire’s Talkback Series, “Human Rights: A Rainbow of Challenges” By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. The United Nations Education,…

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Craig’s Life is About to Change

May 19, 2015

For nearly all of his life, Craig has struggled with mental illness. He’s lived with different family members scattered across the country,听but he’s never had…

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Reforming Government Systems and Policies That Could Mean the Difference Between Students’ Incarceration and Graduation

May 13, 2015

Dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) uses听legal…

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Underlying dynamics of civil unrest in Baltimore are same as identified 50 years ago

May 12, 2015

By听Richard Cohen The indictment of six Baltimore police officers in connection with the death of Freddie Gray was greeted with cheers from many in Baltimore…

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Show Your Support This Police Week By Saying Thanks With This MADD E-Card

May 11, 2015

This week is National Police Week, and we hope you鈥檒l join us in thanking the officers who put their lives on the line every day…

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