The Tax Policy Center’s Gene Steuerle reiterates the argument that limiting charitable deductions will dampen giving. In this case, he bases his predictions on what occurred when the deductions on donated cars were curtailed.

The trend to use abandoned railway sites to enliven urban centers and spark economic development has turned into a trend with nature, art and commerce beautifully mixed.

One in 34 adults is in jail, on probation, or on parole, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The U.S. has to figure out how it has come to lead the world in incarceration and reduce the demand for prisoner re-entry programs.

An e-mail which included a list of student protesters from China’s Ministry of Education has been denounced by teachers and students alike as an effort to intimidate students who have taken part in a weeks-long student demonstration.

Having a global climate change summit hosted by Doha, Qatar – a country ruled by an absolute monarch – creates challenges, not the least of which is having people secretly record your statements in closed-door meetings.

I enjoy sitting on my couch in my house in my own neighborhood, but I also like wandering around in other countries so that I can get a real good sense of how big and unknown the world really is.

What works in e-mail solicitation? Here’s a lesson from the Obama campaign, but note that once everyone starts doing the same thing, people catch on real fast.

The Tacoma, Wash. City Council has decided to charge two large nonprofit health systems the fullest possible business-and-occupation tax rate to add $5.5 million into city coffers in 2013-2014.

Charity teaches Aflac executives a thing or two about social media, including this: 120 is the new 140!

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy since June to avoid extradition to Sweden, is reportedly suffering from a chronic lung condition.

As the impotent Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service haven’t taken on disclosure of the sources of big political donations, states are addressing the issue on their own.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) and former Florida Republican Party chair Jim Greer tell the Palm Beach Post that the aim of a new voter ID law was really to suppress the Democratic vote.