To promote equity in this time of crisis, you must address the four horses of the equity apocalypse: lack of time, resources, relationships, and diversity.
The Case for a Coherent National Recovery Strategy
While the coronavirus pandemic is financially devastating to artists, the damage to the artistic community is also terrible for the country. We need a big cultural shift, and many are looking to the 1930s’ WPA program as an example of what is possible.
Workers Plan May Day Walkout at Amazon, Instacart, and Other Retailers
Essential workers tell large employers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, FedEx, and Instacart that treating them as heroes is a convenient veil for treating them like crap. Time for a change.
The Selling of Dot-Org: Weigh In Today!
This may be the last stop before .ORG is sold off from its nonprofit owner to private equity firm Ethos Capital. What does this mean for your organization’s website?
National Nurses United Call for Healthcare before Profit
When the system is broken, only systemic change can bring solace to the nurses who are desperate to be heard during this pandemic, saying, “We are not heroes.”
National Network Works Fast: Nonprofit Unemployment Insurance under CARES
The problem is in guidance issued by the Department of Labor that could cost nonprofits across the country very dearly under the CARES Act.
Universities and Colleges Face Tradition and Life-Changing Uncertainties
In some ways, the lockdown has likely buffered us all from a true understanding of the profound effects of the pandemic. Now, those will begin to play out.
Selling Social Change: A Bog is Their Business.
Editor’s note: Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during December-1999, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Relatively little has been written about generating earned income from the sales of goods and services. Next year, Chardon Press will publish Selling Social Change: How to Earn Money from Your Mission, by Andy Robinson.
Former CDC Head Pushes for Equity in Pandemic Policies
Having led the CDC during the deadly H1N1 influenza pandemic, Dr. Richard Besser, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, shares lessons learned as we deal with COVID-19.
Mayo Clinic, Shame on You
The Mayo Clinic made a very bad choice in allowing Pence to sail through its facility without a mask, even in what must have been a horribly difficult situation.
Hunger Grows, Food Rots, and the USDA Moves at a Sloth’s Speed
Farmers are joining the lines of those who are in need: They cannot pay their bills without sales of what they produce, and lack a federal system to distribute it.
The Best Decision Ever: One Nonprofit’s Extraordinary COVID-19 Choice
As advocates agitate for hazard pay for nonprofit workers, an organization serving the homeless makes a decision that should act as a beacon for us in these times.