Names reflect the beliefs and approaches of their times, and in the cases of groups for those with disabilities, they are pretty revealing.
Changing Your Organizational Name Is Risky Business
Safety Net Health Clinics Plan for a Post-ACA Caseload
While more Americans are getting health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act than Republicans such as John Boehner might imagine, there will still be plenty of people without health insurance coverage after the ACA is supposed to be “fully” implemented. The challenge for safety net clinics is to plan for a post-ACA caseload: Who will be there to be served, and what will their needs be?
OKCupid vs. Mozilla on Marriage Equality
An interesting stakeholder revolt is occurring around Mozilla over its choice for CEO.
How the Kellogg Foundation Takes On Structural Racism
One of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s longtime areas of geographic concentration has been the state of Mississippi. The Kellogg Foundation’s director of Mississippi and New Orleans programming, William Buster, explained to Rethink Mississippi how the foundation’s work in Mississippi will work toward changing conditions for young men and boys in the state.
Schenectady NY Begins Doling Out CDBG Funding
It’s an annual ritual repeated in cities and counties across America: the local governments’ distribution of federal anti-poverty dollars to community-based non-profits.
The Simplicity and Complexity of Workforce Development Systems
If only building workforce development systems were easy. Our nation would be licking its persistent unemployment and underemployment problems, linking workers to jobs, building the skills that successful job-seekers needed, and getting employers to the table for crucial cross-sector dialogues. If only…
Consumer Groups Win Big with NY Provision Preventing Surprise Medical Bills
Imagine getting through major surgery only to find tens of thousands of dollars in unexpected costs once you open the bill. A new provision in New York will prevent this, thanks to consumer advocates.
Nonprofit Salary Differentials: The Ethicist Weighs In
Unfair wages? Donors gone wild? Illegal practices? The Ethicist weighs in.
Nonprofit Navigators are Heroes and Heroines of Healthcare Reform
As the time for signing up for healthcare insurance under the Affordable Care Act winds down, the nation ought to be recognizing the work of nonprofit navigators, whose job it has been to help people understand their options in this complex law. For people who haven’t had or have recently lost health insurance, these navigators are nonprofit heroes and heroines.
“Charity” Clothes Bin Operator Forced to Be Charitable
An Australian company that profited from used clothing bins by pretending to help poor African children will donate $100,000 to charity.
In St. Paul, an Innovative “Artist Organizer” Initiative Jumps Off
Artist organizers are a brilliant addition to community development repertoires.
Obama Ed. Sec’y Compromise on College Athletes’ Union Misses the Point
In an odd and disappointing performance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan seemed unable to grasp the issues raised by the union organizing efforts of Kain Colter and the Northwestern University football team. Inadvertently, he underscored the racial implications of the students’ organizing rights and perhaps revealed the union and racial tone-deafness of the Obama administration’s top educator.