Expanding sanctuary protections does not undermine existing commitments to immigrants but rather strengthens the city’s broader promise of safety.
New York Expands Its Sanctuary Vision to Include LGBTQIA+ Communities
Trapped and Alone: Fear of ICE Is Deepening Postpartum Isolation for Immigrant Mothers
Doctors say newly postpartum people need medical care, sleep and the ability to rely on friends and family for help. Immigration crackdowns have made that support impossible.
Weakening the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Will Widen Inequality
Proposed changes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would weaken discrimination protections when people seek credit.
Speaking Up Almost Cost Me My Job, but We Built Power Anyway
Justice, even at nonprofits, isn’t given. It’s built, slowly, imperfectly, by people who never planned to become organizers, but who refuse to stay small.
Pepper Spray and the Courage to Stay
Movements are often sparked by the fire within, but they endure through ecosystems and community networks that make staying possible. Those networks need to be fully resourced for the long haul.
After the Breaking: A Black Feminist Response to Retrenchment
Leaders of a growing network of global funders and advisors share perspectives on philanthropy’s retrenchment and the work underway to build new pathways to resource Black feminist and social justice movements.
Democracy Needs You: 5 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Support Free and Fair Elections
Nonprofits may not see promoting voting as essential to their mission, but right now, there may be no more important civic duty.
Supreme Court Says Colorado Can’t Ban Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Youth
The case was brought by a Christian counselor who argued that Colorado’s ban violated her free speech rights.
Finally Free, Leonard Peltier Offers Intergenerational Wisdom for Resistance
Indigenous leader, activist, and revolutionary Leonard Peltier was illegally convicted and imprisoned for 49 years and two months. On January 20, 2025, shortly before leaving office, President Biden commuted his sentence, allowing many of those who fought for his freedom to rejoice—and hear him speak in person on the continuing fight for liberation.
Philanthropy’s Drag Coefficient: When Process Costs More Than Failure
To approve and administer funding, the philanthropic sector relies on bureaucratic processes that introduce drag into the system, ultimately hindering organizations from getting important work done.
The Birth Control Pill and Cancer: What Are the Risks?
A flood of recent social media posts described hormonal birth control pills as cancer causing, but the facts are more nuanced than what the posts say.
Using AI for Fundraising Still Requires Human Strategy
Rochelle M. Jerry, CFRM, answers a reader’s question about how leaders should think about the role of AI in their processes.