When five board members were fired from Puerto Rico’s oversight board, the US media offered modest coverage. But in Puerto Rico itself, it’s a major earthquake.

Faced with rising authoritarianism, many call on “civil society” to act. But what can civil society do? Three keys ways are building on local knowledge, relationships, and community.

In a few decades, foundation assets have increased more than tenfold, yet social problems mount too. What is happening? We need to escape the philanthropic trap.

Building community-based economic infrastructure hasn’t been a major element of most democratic strategy. But co-op experience shows us it should be. Here is why.

What does decolonizing philanthropy require? Ultimately, it is about transferring assets to communities. Here’s a story of one “spend-down” effort that is doing precisely that.

The Trump administration shuttered the asylum app CBP One, leaving hundreds of thousands in limbo. But justice demands better than restoring the app.

Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to be low-income, more likely to be parents and more likely to rely on Medicaid. They could fall through the cracks of Trump’s new tax law.

In a new randomized controlled trial, a Texas-based nonprofit is seeking to show the impact of wraparound support for low-income college students.

Dozens of professors at UNC Chapel Hill were recently targeted with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.