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Weatherization Funds Frozen by Process
February 20, 2010; News Observer | The consistently troubled part of the stimulus funding has been the weatherization dollars that are meant to flow to and through community action agencies.—Rick Cohen
Alabama Child Care Closings
February 25, 2010; The Anniston Star | This article starts with the closing of one childcare center in Anniston, Alabama but moves to tell a much larger story about the state of that field.—Ruth McCambridge
You Can Really Sink Your Hands in to This Story
February 25, 2010; Oakland Tribune | It’s always uplifting to come across nonprofits doing good work and helping people “rise” to new challenges.—Bruce Trachtenberg
The Illinois Budget Chronicles
February 24, 2010; Chicago Tribune | Looking at a budget deficit estimated to be more than $11 billion, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is readying the state for an income tax hike proposal to be fully unveiled in his budget address on March 10.—Ruth McCambridge
Shady Dealings in DC
February 25, 2010; Washington Post | An investigation into allegations of shady dealings by former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has now cost one of his allies the top post at a nonprofit.—Bruce Trachtenberg
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Recovering from Disaster — Partners in Health and the Haitian Earthquake
February 17, 2010; New England Journal of Medicine | The author of this article views the international medical response to Haiti as exceptionally praiseworthy.—Rick Cohen
Haiti ‘Orphans’ All Had Parents
February 22, 2010; Stuff | A little update on NPQ’s commentary regarding the American “missionaries” who went to Haiti to help children only to get arrested as they tried to take 33 orphans into the Dominican Republic: the kids weren’t orphans.—Rick Cohen
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