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Bar Code Scanning for Charity
March 16, 2010; Advertising Age | Most charity donations from product manufacturers require you to make a purchase with the understanding that a portion of the proceeds will be given to a worthy cause. But how about simply earning money for charity by looking at a product?—Bruce Trachtenberg
SF Workers Want Nonprofits to Share the Pain
March 22, 2010; San Francisco Chronicle | A proposal being floated by city workers negotiating over their pay with San Francisco officials is not going to win many supporters from the nonprofit community.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Farm Aid and the Tao of Willie Nelson
March 21, 2010; Star Tribune | Wow, it’s been a quarter century since the Farm Aid concert of 1985 meant to provide help to family farmers, but Farm Aid is going to gin up another concert again for its 25th anniversary.—Rick Cohen
Nonprofit Finance Funds Survey: Times Still Tough
March 21, 2010; New York Times | Things have a long way to go before nonprofit groups can start returning to business as it used to be and it also looks like things are not getting much better for people who are depending on these groups to help them.—Bruce Trachtenberg
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Conservative Blogger Takes Issue with Sean Hannity’s “Charity”
March 19, 2010; Orlando Independent Examiner | Fox talk jock Sean Hannity is being criticized from the right on his role in a nonprofit called the Freedom Alliance.—Rick Cohen
Nonprofit Trio Helps Owners Reclaim Homes After Foreclosure
March 22, 2010; New York Times | Usually when foreclosures come to pass, displaced homeowners move on. But thanks to a trio comprising a nonprofit lender, a housing advocacy organization, and a group of volunteer law students, some lucky residents in the Boston area are ending up back in their homes.—Bruce Trachtenberg
States Threaten to Sue Feds on Health Care
March 22, 2010; Bloomberg.com | Even before the President signs the health care bill on Tuesday, 12 states are threatening to sue the federal government for imposing new Medicaid requirements to provide health care coverage for pregnant women, children and disabled people who are currently uninsured.—Lissette Rodriguez
Reform Bill Tussle Over Abortion Focused on Health Center Funds
March 22, 2010; Wall Street Journal | Within the new health care reform legislation, the role of Community Health Centers is due to be expanded as a national system of primary health care providers.—Ruth McCambridge
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