Could Ford’s largesse be “guilt money,” atoning for years of neglect, combined with a new philosophy that values community-based advocacy and civic engagement?
Ford Foundation Going Deeper in Detroit
Restoring Paterno’s Penn State Wins Is Still a Loss for Sandusky’s Victims
Penn State’s football team and the late Joe Paterno have gotten 111 victories restored, but no one is restoring the lost childhoods of Jerry Sandusky’s victims.
Holocaust Reparations Not to Be Counted in Eligibility for Federal Benefits
The Social Security Administration has deemed that reparations inherited from survivors of the Holocaust be excluded in determining financial eligibility for federal needs-based programs like Medicaid.
Is the Vatican Recognizing LGBT Equality through Renaissance Art?
Through recognizing the truth of the artists behind the frescos, we may be seeing a slow change of attitude toward LGBT rights.
Debate Continues Over Civil Rights Legacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Experts on the Civil Rights era of the U.S. contend that the current Ferguson-originated protests don’t measure up, but perhaps new methods are called for due to conditions and structural racism.
The Giving Days Model: Collaboration, Federation, or Unification?
Collaborative giving days like #GivingTuesday have different models to encourage larger numbers of donors across nonprofits. A single place to give has technology risks, but multiple sites make it harder to build energy around success.
Teaching Civil Disobedience: Learning about Tactics, Venues & Politics
The lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. extend from race relations to the nature of protest, particularly the use of civil disobedience in a variety of settings.
Governance Lessons from the SD Opera: Culture, Transparency and Bravery
San Diego Opera board leaders reflect on what they’ve learned—the hard way—at a symposium on nonprofit governance.
Civil Disobedience and High-Stakes School Testing
Civil disobedience is used in any number of settings when activists need to make a point—in this case, their opposition to mandatory high-stakes testing.
White Dallas Republicans Use Voting Rights Act to Complain about Discrimination against Whites
Here’s a perversion of social history: Whites in Dallas are complaining about discrimination on a board of commissioners with a white majority—who happen to be Democrats.
Property Tax Proposed for Even Mid-size Nonprofits in Maine
Under a reform proposed by Maine’s governor, larger nonprofits would have to pay property tax.
Decreasing Arts Attendance: What You May Not Know
The National Endowment for the Arts released three studies on the impact of audience attendance for the arts on the U.S. economy.