The use of electric shock devices on people with developmental disabilities should have been banned decades ago. The FDA is poised to do so. What’s the holdup?
200 Disability Activist Groups Call on FDA for Faster End to Use of Electric Shock
A Former Prison Takes Sides in the Struggle against Mass Incarceration
A few years ago, in Philadelphia, the Eastern State Penitentiary, a historic prison that had been operating as a museum since 1994, shifted its mission to challenge mass incarceration.
Can Prevailing Wage Laws Also Foster Equity in Business Ownership?
Federal “prevailing wage” standards purport to equalize wages among union employees of different genders and races. But are they reinforcing inequality at the top?
Reducing Homelessness to Zero—Really?
A nonprofit pilot uses individualized data to boost Housing First efforts and address chronic homelessness. While data is still preliminary, initial outcomes are promising.
Playing with Power: Enacting Freedom
As racism moves from the implicit to the explicit, black identity has been steadily morphing, evolving into the future. This is the first in a series of biweekly columns from Senior Editor Cyndi Suarez exploring issues of power and freedom in everyday life. Sign up today to receive them all!
Founder of Shelters for Detained Children Leaves in Disgrace
For a while, after its work took national center stage, the founder of Southwest Key Programs, Juan Sanchez, tried to spin a story of his own humble roots. The media and some federal agencies, however, uncovered a tangle of relationships, high executive pay for family members, and profiteering.
Saying “No” to Donor Demands Should Be a Core Competency
“If we’re going to give a lot of money, we’ll make darn sure they spend it in a way that goes along with our intent. And if they make a wrong turn and start doing things we don’t agree with, we withdraw funding.”—David Koch
Human-centered Open AI Gives Up Nonprofit Status
By limiting returns to 100 times their initial investment, organizers believe they can have their profits and maintain their mission focus, too. We’ll see.
Turning Feminist Progress into Lasting Change: Trudeau’s Score in 8 Policy Areas
Our Ottawa-based correspondent, Keenan Wellar, is dedicated to covering issues in the Canadian nonprofit and philanthropic sector. This week, he takes on an Oxfam Canada assessment of Trudeau’s government that specifically measures its progress on women’s equality and gender rights.
Is Public Ownership Needed to Achieve a Green New Deal?
A Green New Deal, argue a pair of researchers, is necessary, but it cannot happen without expanded public ownership in energy and finance.
What Do Our Times Require? Funders Propose a Philanthropic “Green New Deal”
A group of philanthropists gather in the Bay Area to consider what current global crises of inequality and climate change require of the field.
Taking David Rockefeller’s Name in Vain at MoMA
Decolonize this Place protestors demand that MoMA divest from private prisons and weapons manufacturing.