shootings by police
Social Scientists Leverage Nonprofit Data on Officer-Involved Fatalities
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Nonprofits like Fatal Encounters provide a healthy third-party look at police homicide data and, hopefully, paint a better picture of the world as it is.
Nonprofit News
Momentum Grows in Movement to Eliminate Cash Bail
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Nonprofit-driven research and alternative models indicate that the evidence supports eliminating the systematically discriminatory practices of the cash bail system.
banking
Can Public Banking Save the World?
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In Los Angeles, the city operates under an ordinance that says the city should only deposit its money in banks that are socially responsible. But some activists in Los Angeles and elsewhere suggest a more radical alternative—namely, that the city should deposit its money in a bank that it owns.
mass media
AT&T-Time Warner Merger Highlights Need for Independent Nonprofit Voice
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The AT&T-Time Warner merger is record-setting, but forms part of a larger trend of media consolidation. In this environment, the role of nonprofits as stewards of the commons becomes more important than ever.
community wealth building
Nonprofits Can Look to New Economics with Old Roots to Bolster Local Economies
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Socialism is often thought of as a national economic system, but the Labour Party in the UK is taking a radical step of piloting Municipal Socialism in the town of Preston.
digital media
Chicago Nonprofit Lifts Up History of Black Media
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As a growing number of museums diversify their collections to include works and collections from voices outside the historically Eurocentric canon, a Chicago nonprofit that digitally archives photos and articles from historically black newspapers is teaming with Google to reach a wider audience.
nonprofit startups
Nonprofit Incubator Seeks to Spur Growth in Ailing Pittsburgh Suburb
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Incubators in Silicon Valley and other high-tech, startup-heavy areas are common. Less common are incubators in struggling areas like Stowe and McKees Rocks, two struggling suburbs of Pittsburgh. That, however, is the space where Launch Sto-Rox is operating in the hopes of revitalizing the communities.
college athletics
Will Kansas University Athletics’ Big Bet Pay Off? Nonprofit Facility Fantasies
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Big nonprofit bets on facilities are always risky, but especially when what will fill those facilities fails to inspire.
Collaboration
DC Region Unites to Nab Amazon’s HQ2: Will It Bring Peace or More Strife?
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Of the 20 finalists for the online giant’s second headquarters, three are in the capital area, and they are thinking of working together to make their bids more attractive.
hospital mergers
California Attorney General: Hospitals Must Fulfill Their Charitable Obligations in Full
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Attorney General Xavier Becerra has ordered three hospitals to meet their nonprofit commitments, which brings to a conclusion an issue from February.