Nonprofit news sites frequently have ideological biases, and the more ideological they are, the less transparent they seem to be about their funding–according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. 

Alabama’s immigrant-serving nonprofits hustle as the state’s harsh immigration law drives newcomers away.

Over $1 million in scholarships to support Asian American and Pacific Islander students debunks myth of the model minority.

The Community Council of Reeves County, which had served low income families in Pecos, Texas with weatherization and energy assistance, voted last week to relinquish all of its major contracts, setting into motion a plan to close the agency.

The little known conservative think tank, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is very influential in state legislatures.  That influence may have earned ALEC an IRS inquiry. 

There are lessons from the Minnesota state government shutdown for the budget stalemate between Democrats and Republicans at the federal level.  They don’t look like a fun elective for the nation’s fiscal course list. 

Five major cities and their new mayors will benefit from the generosity of their peer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City.

Has there been a “brain drain” of top MBA students from regular business to social enterprise? Does the education offered social entrepreneurs need to be bulked up with some attention to issues of power, politics, and the democratic process? 

Gustavo Torres has made CASA of Maryland into an immigrant rights service and advocacy powerhouse.  With a history of remarkable organizing success, should CASA go national?

Think of the array of SuperPACs, 527s, and 501(c)(4)s as position players on a professional sports team, looking for signals from presidential candidates’ campaigns about how to coordinate their messages–without looking like they’re coordinating, but simply by happenstance sharing political values. 

London’s Africa Centre has a 50-year history of promoting contemporary African culture “at its cutting edge” from its historic Covent Garden site. The organization’s current financial challenges have put some board members who favor selling the building at odds with some famous activists including Archbishop Desmond Tutu who favor reinvestment.

As the politicians debate what programs to reduce or eliminate, the food stamp program feeds millions of Americans while stimulating the local economy.