The results of this intriguing and well-publicized study were thrilling but a little too cozy—and too good to be true.
Co-author Retracts Study on Changing Same-Sex Marriage Opinions through Direct Contact
Accepting a Human Rights Violation and Dealing with the Results: Cook County Hires Psychologist to Run Jail
Acknowledging that people with mental illness now make up a good part of those incarcerated under his watch, an Illinois sheriff has hired a psychologist to run the Cook County Jail.
Do Outsized “Platinum Pensions” Belong in This Sector? Yale’s Pres Receives $8.5 Million in “Additional Retirement”
While some foundation leaders complain about public sector pensions like those in Detroit, they seem noticeably quieter when it comes to the salaries and pensions of their peers, like the $8.5m “additional benefit” given to Yale University’s president Richard Levin upon his retirement.
Los Angeles Hikes Minimum Wage but Gives Small Nonprofits a Break
The L.A. wage increase plan would give small businesses and nonprofits an additional year to comply with the new rate.
Rural Veterans Require Special Attention from U.S. Philanthropy
Isolation, distance, access, and inadequate resources are just some of the challenges facing military veterans in rural areas.
Ten Years after Katrina, US Supreme Court Rejects Fired NOLA Teachers’ Claims
With the Court’s doors shut, the New Orleans teachers laid off after Hurricane Katrina nearly ten years ago will now turn to Congress for justice.
Nonprofits and For-Profits Partner on Rare Affordable Housing in Downtown S.F.
Potential lessons for affordable housing production in high cost urban markets might emerge from the nonprofit/for-profit partnership planned for the Civic Center Hotel in San Francisco.
A Practical (and Possibly Provocative) Approach to Leadership Transitions
AN NPQ CLASSIC:
We may be missing the opportunity to push a more structural solution to disruptive transitions: a time-limited contract for top leadership.
Reynolds’ “Wretched Charity Empire” Finally Succumbs to Government Oversight
Why did it take so long for regulators to halt the cancer charity scam activities of the Reynolds clan?
Are Universities Acting like Parasites in Some Communities?
Universities attract wealth and development to their regions but often fail to pay in properly to their immediate communities.
The Pluses and Minuses of Grand Challenges
Foundations, corporations, and government agencies are joining together to support “Grand Challenges” with grant support, but questions persist as to whether this open source platform for finding and picking innovations is all it is cracked up to be.
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of California Donor Disclosure Requirements
Conservative political nonprofit groups will continue to seek to overturn the Golden State’s stricter regulations.