In a speech at Cleveland State University, Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (Wisc.) discusses a potential Romney administration’s approach to poverty.
Ryan Presents Romney Poverty Approach: Charity, Not Government
In Lockout, NHL Hockey Players Turn from “Checks” to Checks
If you’re a professional hockey player, what do you do when your fellow players and the owners can’t come to an agreement in the current National Hockey League lockout?
Not Hate Mail, but Teachers Send “Disappointment Mail” to Obama
Many teachers are unhappy with the Obama administration’s comfortable marriage with school privatization, particularly the emphasis on charter schools and high-stakes testing.
As Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Adha, Many Share Cost of Sacrifice
For Muslims, today is the Eid al-Adha festival and meat from the festival’s slaughtered animals will be donated to the poor—a responsibility that is becoming, increasingly, shared.
A Nobel Peace Prize for 14-Year-Old Malala Yousafzai?
An online petition that has gathered more than 38,000 signatures on Change.org calls for nominating 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai for the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous efforts.
Voter Fraud: A Video Example of “Virtually Nonexistent” Practice
A fake “campaign worker” in a sting operation for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas videotapes the 23-year-old son of Rep. Jim Moran discussing how one might go about voter impersonation.
Taking Action for Social Justice
Social justice philanthropy is about creating an America that lives up to the ideals set down by our founders more than two centuries ago.
Protecting Endangered Nonpartisan Space
As the political environment grows ever more polarized, how are nonprofits that venture into the public-policy arena to avoid charges of partisanship?
Civil Society, Chinese Style:The Rise of the Nonprofit Sector in Post-Mao China
Loosening restrictions are creating an exciting environment for China’s emerging nonprofit sector, but the pathways to official recognition are still arduous and millions of organizations remain unregistered—and thus illegal. This fascinating article is a complex and dramatic snapshot of the organizations of civil society in today’s China.
Welcome to Fall 2012
This edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly is about the connection between nonprofits and democracy.
Mental Health Parity: Wellstone and Kennedy Pursue Dads’ Dream
As any good advocate knows, passing a law is only one step towards changing a bad practice. Implementation can take as much or more effort. So it is with the four-year-old Health Parity and Addiction Act.
Shining Sunlight on the Dirty Laundering of Campaign Dollars
A new analysis by the Sunlight Foundation and ProPublica highlights how the current system of campaign finance, brought to us in part by Citizens United, results in “dead end disclosure.”