Nonprofits should lean in to missions under attack, not shy from them.
From Tenant Power to Social Housing: Pathways to a Just Housing System
Rental housing can be precarious, but organizing through tenant unions is helping renters maintain their homes—and can be a powerful tool for land and housing justice.
Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support the Movement for a Third Reconstruction
Foundations can play an important role in helping movements not only survive but thrive. But doing so requires a shift in mindset—and accountability to the public good.
Trump Administration’s Gutting of Education Department Will Hurt Nonprofits
The Education Department is transferring responsibility for many of its programs to other government agencies. The move has dire implications for the organizations that administer those programs, and the students and families they serve.
If Class Ruins Everything Around Us, What Can Movements Do?
A nonprofit-led campaign, “Class Ruins Everything Around Me,” issues a call for movements to challenge the nation’s new Gilded Age at the local level.
Black Women Claiming Philanthropic Space: A Conversation with LaTosha Brown
Organizer, political strategist, and philanthropic leader LaTosha Brown discusses the vital role Black girls can play not just in solving problems, but in advancing liberation in the South and the nation.
How Immigrants Are Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old
In Boston, two immigrant groups are organizing to build solidarity economies in their communities where human needs and the common good are at the center.
Resisting Gentrification in Seattle: The Fight for Community Stewardship of Land
What does land justice mean in a diverse Asian American neighborhood in Seattle? It starts with a simple yet complicated concept: the community stewardship of land.
The Struggle for Long-Term Care, Nonprofits, and What Economic Justice Requires
At a November 2025 conference of a leading network of nonprofit aging service providers, shortfalls in long-term care were acknowledged, but proposed solutions fell short.
Foundations Look to New Models of International Development amid Retrenchment
With USAID eliminated, internationally focused foundations are accelerating locally led development models.
The South’s Got Something to Say: Stories from Black Women in the South
Being a Black woman in or from the South is a calling. Here, seven women share how they answer that call and discuss the importance of the South in social justice work.
How Community Organizing Can Stop Authoritarianism and Advance Justice
Building community power and advancing a Third Reconstruction requires a combination of a clear vision coupled with a commitment to deep relational organizing.