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News Articles: The Carter Center

Rosalynn Carter speaks at the Carter Center in 2019.

Pioneering first lady and advocate Rosalynn Carter turns 95

Rosalynn Carter's work is overdue for recognition. She has been married to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for 76 years, but her achievements as first lady and at the Carter Center stand alone.

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A girl with a backpack wearing a mask

Carter Center Director Shares Resources For Children's Mental Health

The coronavirus pandemic has hit public school systems hard with many kids still attending classes online. And for some students that’s taking a significant toll on mental health. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.  

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Winston Churchill visiting bomb-damaged areas of the East End of London, Sept. 8, 1940. Erik Larson's new book, 'The Splendid and the Vile,' dives into the details behind how Churchill guided the U.K. through the hardships of the London Blitz.

Erik Larson's 'The Splendid And The Vile' Illustrates Churchill's Leadership During The London Blitz

On May 10, 1940, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium, and Winston Churchill was named Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He addressed the House of...

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Paige Alexander

New Carter Center CEO Chosen To 'Carry Forward The Vision'

The human rights organization founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, announced Friday it appointed a new chief...

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Gov. Brian Kemp

Kemp's Medicaid Waiver Proposal Met With Backlash From Carter Center

Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposal to expand Medicaid with a waiver-application process is being met with backlash.

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Fulton County School District Director of Student Discipline, Prevention and Intervention Maribel Bell speaks with Clayton County Juvenile Court Judge Steven C. Teske at The Carter Center on Monday, April 15, 2019.

Carter Center Hosts Forum On School-Based Mental Health

The first of six regional School-Based Behavioral Health Forums was held this week at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Panels addressed ways to make the...

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"President Carter: The White House Years," written by Stuart Eizenstat (right), is a comprehensive history of the Carter administration's accomplishments and failures.

With New Book, Former White House Official Gives President Carter His Due

Stuart Eizenstat has worn many hats: U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, international lawyer. He was also...

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Carter during a Google Hangout session held during the LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit in 2014.

Carter Fears Global Effect Of US Approach To Human Rights

Jimmy Carter says he's concerned that the Trump administration's approach to foreign policy will hasten declining support for human rights in other...

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  • Associated Press
Former Vice President Al Gore deliverings the opening keynote at the Climate and Health Meeting at the Carter Center in Atlanta

Climate Change And Public Health Converge At Al Gore's Conference

Several hundred climate scientists and public health professionals descended on the Carter Center in Atlanta today. It was for a climate and health...

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Temperatures are up and ice cover is down in the Arctic. Scientists say climate change is altering the region faster than other parts of the planet.

Atlanta Conference Highlights Global Warming Threats

There’s a major climate change conference on Thursday in Atlanta. It’s happening at the Carter Center, but only because it was canceled by the Centers...

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Join Us For A Live Taping With Research Scholar Meg Jacobs Discussing The 1970s Energy Crisis

Please join us Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater. I'll be sitting down with research scholar...

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