At the national level, universal basic income is now a campaign issue. But the concept is actually being implemented at the local level, backed by philanthropy.
Universal Basic Income Pilot Advances in Stockton
4000 Beads: Art Installation Memorializes Thousands of Indigenous Women
The work is a massive, two-ton sculpture created from handmade beads, each of which represents a woman killed.
White Collar Unions Make Gains in 2019
Unions in the US continue to face hard times, but, in the past year, a surprising number of union organizing drives have gained traction in nonprofits, media, gaming, and tech.
Run, Hide, Fight: Starting School with Active Shooter Response Training
Our schoolchildren’s new terrifying normal includes traumatic reminders that they may be shot at any moment.
Donor-Advised Funds Debate Intensifies with Proposed California Legislation
In what could be a significant step toward regulation, a group of California advocates is sponsoring legislation that would require transparency into donor-advised funds.
Ragging the Puck: Not a Viable Strategy for the Whole Game
This article was first published in the 2005 “Regulatory Landscape” edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly from fall 2005. The public’s understanding of recent corporate scandals continues to expand and deepen as the press covers the trials of CEOs and CFOs alleged to be malfeasants. The scandals, of course, seem to appear weekly and include such
Economy Remix: Can We Rebalance the Scales between Capital and Labor?
The Labor Day holiday has come and gone, but the debate over how to recalibrate the scales between labor and capital has barely begun.
How Nonprofits Consider Donations Differently as Donor Challenges Proliferate
Finding funders has never been easy, but it’s even harder in this time of public accountability for complicity with societal malefactors and philanthropic money launderers.
Can the Community Reinvestment Act Be Retooled to Benefit Indian Country?
Native Americans are seeking to revise Community Reinvestment Act regulations to encourage greater bank investment in Indian Country.
Shifting the Narrative at Harvard Museums: Good, but Not Enough
Harvard Museums has taken an interesting run at revising the narratives underlying its artwork, but it has so far to go!
Why the Rich Get Charitable Deductions and Everyone Else Can Suck Eggs
Sometimes, it is informative to reflect upon the original intent of the laws we live with to make sense of what looks like nonsense. So it is with the current shape of the charitable tax deduction.
Making Health Care Safe for Immigrants: A Colorado Nonprofit’s Story
Colorado’s Mountain Family Health Centers encourage immigrant patients to maintain healthcare in the face of proposed federal tightening of “public charge” rules.