Michael Reagan has completed 430 sketches and wants to draw every one of the almost 3,000 Americans who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The little things in life.

We are a nation which likes big things and we celebrate these big things with gusto, big buildings that reach for the stars, big returns on our investments, the grand gestures of our nation and the power to change things over night.

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President Obama is poised to sign the "national service" bill. This will more than triple the size of Bill Clinton's creation, AmeriCorps, from 75,000 to 250,000 enrollees, after already being expanded by President Bush.

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About three years ago, it occurred to Dolores Veliz that so many immigrants had moved into her Beacon Hill neighborhood that she literally couldn't talk to her neighbors anymore. "Many of them don't speak any English. And I don't speak Chinese," she said.

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A lot of people talk, but real change requires action. I'm inspired by one person who has made a difference for hundreds of women in Darfur. And he's only 17.

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Reflections From a Freedom Writer: Creating Freedom Writer Teachers

In an idealistic world long ago, Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers had a dream of one day opening a school filled with teachers trained in the Freedom Writers (FW) Method, who would understand how to connect with their students and provide light to otherwise "hopeless" cases.

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What's in store for us in 2007? Or, my resolution

As the cordite from the amazing fireworks drifts out over the Thames in London (the fireworks reportedly costing over $1m, according to CNN), the ball drops in Times Square and people stagger to their beds after a night's heavy drinking and celebrating, the rolling news channels  …

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first heard about Austin Gutwein from a friend of mine, John Yeager, a fine reporter who put down his reporter's notebook a few years back, and now works for World Vision, the worldwide relief organization in Washington State.

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My Life as a Freedom Writer - Part III

I might be calling this "My life..." but the fact is that this is a collective story of how a rag-tag group of kids no one expected to succeed, rose to a challenge given by a young, idealistic teacher. Our journey has taken us from hopelessness to inspired and determined.

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My Life as a Freedom Writer - Part II

As I said before, things were extremely crazy during our final year in high school.

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My Life as a Freedom Writer - Part I

In my short years on this earth, I have been blessed to be able to travel the world, become a published author, and participate in a project that could revolutionize the world of education.

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CoolPeopleCare Weekly Roundup

Here's last week's '5 Minutes of Caring' from CoolPeopleCare.

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