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An advocacy group says thousands of New York City children have languished in foster care for years. The group, called Children's Rights, says the problems include Family Court delays; inadequate casework; and a lack of urgency throughout the child welfare system. Commissioner John B. Mattingly says the Administration for Children's Services is working to shorten foster care stays.
by Stephanie Condon The passage of comprehensive health care legislation in the House of Representatives Saturday night was bittersweet for many liberal supporters of reform, and profoundly disturbing for those primarily concerned about the right to have an abortion. The inclusion of Rep. Bart Stupak's restrictive abortion amendment in the bill has prompted well-established abortion-rights ...
Jobless Checks: Voting 403-12, members sent President Obama, a bill providing 20 more weeks of jobless checks for those losing current allotments in states with at least 8.5 percent unemployment. A yes vote was to pass a bill (HR 3548) that also provides 14 more weeks in the other states.
Women's rights groups say Democrats sold out the pro-choice movement to save the health-care reform bill
Abstract: The record of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights was a disgrace. Three years ago, the commission was replaced by the Human Rights Council, and its record has been equally dismal. The Obama Administration sought a seat at the council in an attempt to reform the council from within.
The head of a U.N. investigation that accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, Richard Goldstone, has said he is disappointed there has been such a "lukewarm" reaction to his findings in the United States.
BOSTON----The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Boston real estate shareholder Hamilton Hackney has been appointed to the Environment and Infrastructure Subcommittee of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.
The FBI official in charge of major cybercrime investigations told a international gathering of computer security experts last week that financial services companies have suffered massive thefts due to hackers. "The financial services sector has seen losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars in actual cash removed through the infrastructure," FBI Assistant Director of Cybersecurity Shawn ...
MIAMI----The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Meital Stavinsky, who serves as an Israeli Business Consultant for the firm, was among the presenters at the Friends of the Asian-American Advisory Board’s Annual Student Scholarship Award Ceremony.
Women's rights (which are, in fact, human rights) will never rise from a corrupt, fundamentalist government. We need to be supporting the voices of women to nurture change in Afghanistan.
The former Alaska governor will fight death, liberal condescension and secularism wherever they are found
This past week the UIC JCRC/Hillel Israel Initiative and the UIC Persian Cultural Association teamed up for a screening of the film "Persepolis"? and a conversation about the shared values of religious pluralism and women's rights.? Professor Norma Moruzzi opened the event by discussing Iran's ancient and recent history and the peaceful coexistence that has existed between the Persian and Jewish ...
HELENA — A mysterious aircraft suspected of being used in the U.S. government's controversial "extraordinary rendition" program is owned by a Great Falls-based company — on paper, at least.
This week, campus organizations are working together to host events designed to promote human rights and to prevent human rights abuses.
The ban on the burqua is pushed as progress for women's rights, but women should have the right to wear what they want. France should not restrict religious freedom.
The House voted yesterday and the anti-women's health Stupak amendment passed 240 to 194 with one member voting present. 64 Democrats voted yes on the...
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