Anyone who has had to call the poison hotline in his or her area knows how important the service is. But does the public know that the funding for those centers has declined by a full third in the past four years?

We know that the Gates family plays a modeling role for some other philanthropists, but in this case they have been one-upped very quickly. Last week, Bill and Melinda Gates indicated that they would not leave their children billions, though they would leave them some more reasonable amount. Now, a UK-based super-wealthy guy says he will leave his children nothing.

As the community leadership baton passes from the baby boomers to their children, museums around the country are working hard to adapt to attract this new wealthy generation. However, this next generation acts and reacts a little differently from their parents, and museums have to adapt.

Upon the passing of hatemonger and provocateur Fred Phelps, we ask: How is it proper to mark his death?

First, it was venture capitalist Tom Perkins who compared Occupy Wall Street protestors to Nazis during Kristallnacht. Now, Home Depot co-founder and big time GOP-donor Ken Langone worries that Democratic policy proposals about the rich sound like Hitler’s targeting Germany’s Jews.

In Indiana, the Common Council is considering an ordinance to limit donation drop boxes to organizations with a base in the local community.

The California Legislature is considering two bills that call for stricter guidelines over the amount of charity care nonprofit hospitals must provide in order to maintain their tax-exempt status. Naturally, the California Hospital Association opposes both of them.

As the nation slowly makes progress toward raising the federal minimum wage, isn’t it time that the press gave credit to the organizing and mobilizing efforts of those low-wage workers who have pressed the issue so that the White House and Congress might hear?

A striking image? Sure. It’s a sign of the horrors of the days before widespread reproductive rights. It’s attracted the attention of commentators from the conservative media. It’s also been around for five years.

“Accounts of what happened depend upon the perspective from which the event is viewed.”—William Kent Kreuger, Ordinary Grace

Simone Joyaux returns to talk about the power of stories when it comes to making connection and engagement. This week’s column is interactive—share your story, or a story that touched you, in the comments!

The Australian charity regulator is barely a year old, yet it is to be consigned to what Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called the country’s “biggest bonfire of regulations.”

Sunshine Week is an annual event among government agencies, the press, and independent watchdogs to promote transparency and openness. Unfortunately, at all levels of society from the federal government on down, transparency doesn’t look to be faring all that well.