Topic: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Change Agent Nonprofits work to help legal immigrants become US citizens
The costly, lengthy, labyrinthine path to US citizenship can take two years to complete, dissuading many from trying. Nonprofits are jumping in to help.
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Change Agent A quirky, tiny grass-roots effort backs only 'Awesome’ projects
The Awesome Foundation is a loose collection of some three-dozen local groups usually made up of 10 volunteers each, who offer $100 a month toward a simple, no-strings-attached grant, or Awesome Fellowship.
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Secrets are safe as WikiLeaks, starved of funds, halts operations
WikiLeaks will not release any more secrets until it can raise enough money to keep going, according to the clandestine group's website. It has been choked by financial institutions that no longer process online donations to WikiLeaks.
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Citizen action: partnering with conventional news media
Citizen groups and citizen journalists are addressing social problems around the world. But they may still need traditional news organizations to help tell their stories.
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How the Knight Commission would recast college sports
The Knight Commission has long been an advocate for greater academic rigor in big-time college sports. Thursday it proposed new standards to try to combat the 'arms race' of athletic spending.
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Smart-phone app lets you do good deeds in your spare time
The Extraordinaries' "microvolunteers" phone it in
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Video games that let you play with your news
Peace talks, Sully’s landing, even the economy spawn a buzzy genre of games.
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Opinion: The naked truth about strip searches in school
Ensuring school safety is important, but the Supreme Court must uphold students' rights.
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