For Ask a Nonprofit Expert, organizational leadership consultant Nick Takamine answers a reader’s question about balancing power dynamics in strategic planning and decision-making.
Balancing Power in Decision-Making
Listening to Chalchiuhtlicue Through the Río Grande’s Flow
In the wake of extreme flooding in Texas, we are reminded that Chalchiuhtlicue— the Río Grande—is not a border to be militarized but a life force that sustains, protects, and has natural pattens that must be respected and learned.
‘They Are Hunting Us’: Child Care Workers in DC Go Underground amid ICE Crackdown
This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. From her home-based day care in Washington, D.C., Alma peers out the door and down the sidewalks. If they’re clear and there are no ICE agents out, she’ll give her
What Is Reparative Capital and Why Does It Matter?
How can investor capital repair harm? Low-cost loans help, but more broadly, in Black and Indigenous communities, building wealth requires changing rules and systems.
Why Expanding Compassionate Release Is a Moral and Fiscal Imperative
The nation today imprisons a rapidly aging population. Not only does this practice result in thousands of deaths in prison, but it is very costly. Policy reform is required.
Putting the “Us” Back in Trust: Media in Filipino American Diaspora Communities
In the Filipino American immigrant community, in-language fact-checking not only keeps the community informed—during the pandemic it helped preserve public health.
Deploying Capital Power to Defend and Build Movements
Muslim organizations and movements were targeted after the 9/11 attacks as the Right leveraged philanthropic investment to fortify its infrastructure. What happens if we fail to invest in movements at scale while the other side consolidates power?
Time Banking, Aging, and the Future of Care
The world’s population is rapidly aging. Time banking, a concept developed in Japan and the United States, offers a promising path to build peer networks among older adults.
Postcards from the Edge: Revolutionary Visions in Perilous Times
We are on the edge of an economic revolution, one in which local leaders in emerging communities are laying the groundwork for a new solidarity economy.
Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In.
“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they’re taking advantage of tragedy.
We Organized Our Nonprofit and Lost Our Jobs, But We’d Do It Again
When management responded to a nonprofit union by seeking to replace workers with an AI chatbot, workers stood up and brought their story directly into the public square.
The End of the NEA
A federal judge has ruled the new anti-DEI requirement of the National Endowment for the Arts is unconstitutional. For writers, it’s too late.