An analysis of 40,000 FEMA buyouts between 1989 and 2017 shows how federal aid has helped entrench and deepen pre-existing class and racial wealth inequality.
Title X Funding Abortion Gag Rule Guidelines Lead to a Slew of Lawsuits
Nonprofits large and small—and state attorneys general—are all filing suits against the Trump administration’s new Title X guidelines, which constitute a domestic gag rule that limits women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Recalling the Violence of the “Indian School,” 200 Years after Its Founding
Two hundred years ago, the so-called “Civilization Act” began a policy of taking American Indian children from their parents and having them placed in boarding schools—a practice that only started to wind down in the 1970s.
California Charters Now Subject to Transparency Laws
In the wake of successful teacher strikes in Los Angeles and Oakland, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill to require more transparency from charter schools.
Rediagnosing “Founder’s Syndrome”: Moving Beyond Stereotypes to Improve Nonprofit Performance
Is “founder’s syndrome” a real thing? Here, Elizabeth Schmidt writes that the collection of characteristics and behaviors that make up the syndrome are hardly exclusive to founders and that we ought to stop the “simplifying, exaggerating and blaming” that accompanies this popular diagnosis.
Nonprofit’s Founder Steps Down: “If I Stay, El Tour Will Die”
With financial woes unveiled by an inability to repay thousands owed to Pima County, and citing his inability to manage a multimillion-dollar organization, El Tour de Tucson’s Richard DeBernardis will leave at the end of 2019.
Can the Rape at Hacienda HealthCare Be Laid at the Feet of the Board?
According to the Arizona Republic, the board received a number of complaints about the former CEO for sexual harassment over a period of years while he continued to receive raises and bonuses. Why exactly is this board still here?
Report Outlines State of Black Press and Calls for Increased Philanthropic Support
A new report issued by the Democracy Fund provides an overview of the Black press in the US and makes three recommendations to boost the field as platforms increasingly shift online.
Union Organizing Win at WBUR Shows Power of Community
Employees of WBUR, Boston’s public radio station, responded to a poor work environment by banding together and forming a union.
Donor Anonymity and Good Public Policy Do Not Mix Well
In Michigan, the state’s utility companies have created three 501c4 nonprofits to foster the illusion of “grassroots” support for denying homeowners the ability to sell excess power generated from solar cells on rooftops back to the electrical grid.
Why Blackface Keeps Popping Up
Denying racism often involves tantrums and tears on the part of the party inviting us into his or her minstrel show; acknowledging racism’s existence and functioning in every forum requires a village of vocal and vigilant supporters of a new narrative.
Armed Guards Exclude “Former” Board Members from Board Meeting
In upstate New York, the dynamics playing out around the ownership of a $51-million-a-year anti-poverty agency takes us back a few decades. This situation seems to need an intervening force, maybe like an attorney general?