UK nonprofits hope donating via tapping will eliminate “chuggers.”
Next Wave of Smartphone Giving Arrives in UK
BoardSource’s Board Governance Index: Is Your Board “Normal”?
As BoardSource prepares for its next national board survey, they want your help in deciding on which board governance questions to focus.
Mortgage Relief Merits Only Brief Appearance in Obama’s SOTU
The issue of affordable housing was in President Obama’s State of the Union address, but only very briefly.
When the Onion Writes the Pentagon’s Scripts: Je Suis Abdullah
Whether you think he was a dedicated social reformer or a protector of the nation’s Wahhabi extremism, the Pentagon’s essay competition in honor of the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sounds like it was cooked up by The Onion—and maybe it was.
Davos World Economic Forum Wildly Expensive and Unbearably Fatuous
The ostentatious excesses of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, say a lot about the problem-solving leadership to be expected by some of the world’s political and economic elites.
Who Do University Police Report To?
Colleges and universities employ campus police departments, but when officers are not required to comply with state public record laws, students and the public may be at risk.
The Red Cross Has Some Explaining to Do
If you’re a charity, you don’t want a U.S. Senator asking why your overhead is so high.
What Do Risk Capital and Business Alliances Have to Do with Opera?
With a nonprofit business model focused on innovation, collaboration and long planning horizons, Opera Philadelphia is helping to define what 21st-century opera will become.
Whistleblower: DOJ Violated Federal Grant by Bunking Juveniles with Adult Inmates
A whistleblower’s effort prompts both Senate and Office of Special Counsel inquiries toward accountability and change.
Civil Disobedience at the U.S. Supreme Court
For the second year in a row, members of 99Rise have protested inside the U.S. Supreme Court against the Citizens United ruling—and documented it on video.
Wall Street Finds Social Impact Bonds to Be Attractive Investment Options
Goldman Sachs is “proud, very proud” of its leadership among Wall Street investment houses in the field of Social Impact Bond financing.
Why Obama Is Visiting Saudi Arabia’s New Ruler—and Why He Shouldn’t
President Obama has already planned to cut his trip to India short to chat with King Salman, assuming there is much of a chat to be held.