In an odd display of “leadership,” Rockefeller pulls the plug on its signature 100 Resilient Cities program—just as the program was beginning to show results.
Rockefeller Officially Shutters Its 100 Resilient Cities Program
Lightfoot’s Historic Election: Harbinger of a New Political Era in Chicago?
A mayoral race in Chicago upends a city’s machine politics and the nation’s third-largest city now has a Black lesbian as its mayor. It will be interesting times.
How to Crowdsource: Four Decades of Citizen Scientists in Long Island Sound
A trove of information gathered by citizen scientists over four decades has added to the picture of how quickly climate change is affecting the Long Island Sound.
New Mexico Votes to Annually Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
New Mexico voted this week to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day. It is the fifth state to do so.
What Community Accountability Means in Unjust Conviction
How much responsibility should be borne by residents of Gage County for a case of false imprisonment that robbed six men and women of their freedom?
State Legislators Block Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives
Initiatives are certainly blunt political instruments. But even so, a legislature rarely helps matters when it invalidates the results of a statewide popular vote.
The Road Ahead: Will Philanthropic Critique Change Philanthropic Practice?
A spate of critiques of philanthropy in our nation’s Second Gilded Age have gained broad attention. But what will it take for that attention to affect mainstream philanthropic practice?
Rebecca Rimel Declares She Will (Kind Of) Leave Pew Charitable Trusts
Rimel’s retirement from Pew Trusts follows 36 years at the institution and 25 years as its president and CEO. Does that suggest real changes to come in the near future?
Massachusetts Seeks to Avert Business Shutdowns by Boosting Employee Ownership
In Massachusetts, a government office to promote employee ownership has been relaunched after an 11-year hiatus. The office aims to avert a pending business succession crisis by helping firms—many otherwise expected to close—to stay open through employee ownership.
Interim President Named at a Southern Poverty Law Center in Turmoil
The appointment of Baynes-Dunning, a former judge in the juvenile court and the federal court-appointed monitor of the reform efforts at the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services, is a critical step in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s leadership shift.
An Illustration in New Jersey of What’s Wrong with School Funding
Paterson, New Jersey’s public schools would be a sterling example for school reformers if only they didn’t ignore the need to address the difficult issues of equitable funding that plague public education across the country.
Red States versus Planned Parenthood: An Update
Planned Parenthood has made it clear, in the midst of being pummeled by the spate of restrictive measures in red states, that they will leave a state rather than abide by unethical rules that would seriously jeopardize women and the integrity of their work.