We often hear complaints about negativity in political campaigns. The thing is, be it in politics or fundraising, negative information triggers emotion, and that produces results.

The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer draws an analogy to the mafia in suggesting that the “Komen-Planned Parenthood debacle provides a lesson for all corporate and nonprofit leaders.”

Actress Rosario Dawson attended the Democratic National Convention last week and voiced her support of mobilizing Latino communities to get out and vote in the upcoming election.

The Paralympics are a display of positive attitudes and access for people with disabilities, but U.K. activists say government often does not pursue these ideals in more meaningful ways.

Self-proclaimed messiah Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader to the Moonies, died last week, but his Unification Church remains a massive, multinational, tax-exempt conglomerate.

It’s the nonprofit sector’s responsibility to remind elected officials that the level of dysfunction being displayed by Congress now and for the past few years simply cannot be tolerated.

Gov. Rick Snyder (R-Mich.) has proposed legislation that would convert Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) to a taxable mutual insurance company.

Apparently, the European Union (EU) is going to continue to make noise about what is now widely perceived as the Russian government’s increased stifling of dissent.

There was much talk about jobs at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week, but less about the service providers that help people find and secure those jobs.

I have noticed that too many people in nonprofits and philanthropy are allergic to the sting of conflict especially when it is with those we perceive to have power over us.

Social media is very 2012, but e-mail is still the lifeblood of electronic communications, and whether you want it to or not, how you handle e-mail says something about your organization.

Under sequestration, the budget of each non-defense agency is supposed to be cut by 11 percent next year. Reduce or eliminate the Pentagon cuts, and the slashing of domestic spending goes up.