At least 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are now participating in a hunger strike, some for up to 70 days, and supportive protesters are gathering at the U.N. building in Ramallah.
The Heartland Institute’s plan to compare scientists and others who discuss the reality of climate change to terrorists backfires, causing some corporations to distance themselves from the group.
A bill to be voted on in the New Hampshire State Senate would require expanded reporting by nonprofits engaged in spending money on state and national political races.
A ban on school bake sales is scheduled to go into effect in Massachusetts in August. Is the new policy an appropriate measure in fighting childhood obesity, or an extreme “nanny state” move?
Is it time to rethink the scope of transparency and disclosure in the nonprofit and philanthropic realms? Doing so is certainly a trade-off, but it’s one that we think is worth undertaking.
In Colorado, a bill mandating that the boards of nonprofit cemeteries include at least one member who owns a grave plot of some kind has passed the legislature.
The Ethicist weighs in on clashing interests, divided loyalties, and heavy-handed foundation behavior.
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
This classic from our print magazine on how Internet-driven movements proliferate and gather momentum is particularly relevant with today’s story on the Black Lives Matter movement below.
AN NPQ CLASSIC:
Yesterday, we were treated to the berating of a member of the press corps by the president-elect following a set-to between him and Meryl Streep, who was championing the role of a free press in democracy and urging people to give to the Committee to Protect Journalists. To highlight the overlap between the work of the civil sector and journalism, we present an interview with Joel Simon, who heads that organization.
One problem with using “impact measurement” as a sole or primary way to judge effectiveness is that sometimes in advocacy on a political issue it may take all you have just to keep the flag flying and the issue surfaced in the right way – decades may pass and apparently no one wants to listen and then…all of a sudden an opening occurs. Leaders of contested causes talk below about what it takes to exhibit brave political leadership in the 21st century.
The president of the Government Accountability Project discusses whistleblowing as an act of individual bravery and leadership, as well as how nonprofits working in the field where the exposé has occurred can help.
By now we’ve all heard of the OWS General Assembly. But how does it really function?