From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Exposure to news media has long been thought to help create a more informed and politically educated citizenry, but a new University of Georgia study finds that media exposure did little to correct a significant...
From Economic Policy Institute: Even after accounting for factors such as age, gender and education level, a new Economic Policy Institute analysis finds that attaining citizenship leads to higher incomes and lower poverty rates for immigrants in the United States....
From Urban Institute Latest Reports: Improved incentives for private charitable giving would strengthen nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's income tax allows itemizers to deduct charitable contributions, but with limits. Taxpayers may choose between a 100 percent deduction for...
From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Under Secretary Martha Kanter and more than 50 Department of Education employees and their families will participate in City Year?s service project in Washington D.C. at Ron H. Brown Middle School...
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Board of Directors of The James Irvine Foundation has approved 23 grants totaling more than $7 million in support of the Foundation's mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant,...
From: Knight Foundation: Warning of an erosion of democracy with the creation of "second-class citizens" in the digital age, a blue-ribbon national commission today calls for universal broadband access to help meet the information needs of America's communities. The Knight...
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