Following months of protests by thousands of employees, Google agreed to stop requiring its workers to submit to forced arbitration in employment disputes.
Forced Arbitration Is Out at Google: A Labor Win for the Little Guys
How Liberatory Philanthropy and Restorative Investing Can Remake the Economy
It is easy to talk about liberating philanthropy, but what is needed? One key step would be to shift the hundreds of billions in endowment assets currently placed on Wall Street to finance direct investment in low-income communities and communities of color.
Sen. Grassley Renews Congressional Probe into Nonprofit Hospital Charity Care
Last year, Congress approved legislation to tax unusually high university endowments. This year, Sen. Grassley has his eye on the contributions of nonprofit hospitals.
The For-Profit to Nonprofit Transition: A Movie Theater as Cultural Phoenix
Converting an independent theater in Monterey, California to nonprofit ownership could ensure it remains a community asset for future generations.
The Structured Inclusiveness of #RedforEd: A Union Strategy with Staying Power
Because #RedForEd has managed to break out of the “more pay, more funding” messaging bubble and into issues that connect with other citizens, the teacher unions have formed successful and impactful alliances with community organizations, students, and parents who are speaking out as a unified voice.
Time to Join the Economy Remix! The New Beat
The idea that the economy has always been as it is now, or will stay as it is now, is deeply mistaken. In fact, practices we assume have always been true have not been, and at least some things that we think of as marginal today are, in fact, likely to become central in the future.
Austerity and the Rise of a New Political Generation in Great Britain
What’s behind the rise of a more avowedly socialist Labour Party in Great Britain? As in the US, growing economic precarity has led many, especially youth, to be much more open to economic alternatives.
Gun Control Legislation Quickly Moves to Vote in US House
As the new Congress gets ready to vote on its first major gun-control legislation, we will begin to see whether, and to what degree, the politics of guns has shifted.
False Charges of Anti-Semitism Harm Jewish Community
There is enough real anti-Semitism in this world to make the cavalier use of the charge to shut down a dialogue about Israeli policy shortsighted and dangerous.
Georgia’s 2018 Black Voter Suppression Efforts “Interwoven and Intentional”
The elections subcommittee, led by Rep. Marcia Fudge, took a trip to Georgia last week. There, they found “a stack of interwoven intentional efforts” by Governor Kemp, also Georgia’s former Secretary of State, “to disenfranchise black voters.”
Federal Judge Defines Scope of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
A federal student loan case expands somewhat the definition of who is able to qualify for public service loan forgiveness.
Kraft’s Philanthropy Included Anti-Sex-Trafficking Nonprofit
Robert Kraft’s alleged crimes spotlight national and global crises of human trafficking—and, unfortunately, colonized philanthropy.