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...STATISTICS Many U.S. cities have abysmal on-time graduation rates (25% in Detroit, 31% in Indianapolis, to name a couple), says a new report from America's Promise Alliance, an education nonprofit. What's worse, the news seemed to surprise low-performing school districts, in part because many have been underestimating their dropout rates: some marked as graduates those who promised to eventually take a GED, while others didn't record dropouts who left before the 12th grade...
...many people who can go to work expecting appreciative calls from countries, but Ross can, and Kosovo is the latest place to owe him a debt of gratitude. The newly independent Balkan state was one of the first clients he took on when he started Independent Diplomat (ID), a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized governments and political groups maneuver through the complex, secretive machine of international diplomacy. In a world in which rich, powerful countries make decisions for everyone else, Ross, 41, reckoned that there must be a better way to do things and built a small but determined staff...
...scientists now debate the "savannization" of the Amazon. Brazil just announced that deforestation is on track to double this year; Carter, a Texas cowboy with all the subtlety of a chainsaw, says it's going to get worse fast. "It gives me goose bumps," says Carter, who founded a nonprofit to promote sustainable ranching on the Amazon frontier. "It's like witnessing a rape...
...market drives behavior, so without incentives to prevent deforestation, the Amazon is doomed. It's unfair to ask developing countries not to develop natural areas without compensation. Anyway, laws aren't enough. Carter tried confronting ranchers who didn't obey deforestation laws and nearly got killed; now his nonprofit is developing certification programs to reward eco-sensitive ranchers. "People see the forest as junk," he says. "If you want to save it, you better open your pocketbook. Plus, you might not get shot...
...McCain supporter, Charles Ergen, head of the Dish Network. Less than a month after the hearing, Ergen held a fund raiser at his Denver home for McCain, reportedly raising more than $40,000. A few years later, Ergen's company gave more than $50,000 to a nonprofit institute that employed Davis and was chaired by McCain himself. No-holds-barred, indeed...