In the face of a decade of persistent organizing, the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors unanimously voted to rename a road under Fruitvale Station after Oscar Grant, a young man and father who was killed on the station platform in 2009.
If a future Congress were to pass a Green New Deal, how would programs be financed? One likely path would be to leverage the nation’s existing Federal Home Loan Bank network.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new staff reflects her approach to speaking power to the system. Nonprofits should take note.
We know that the nonprofit sector’s role in US economic life is expanding. But did you know that this expanded role includes becoming the developer of mall-supported waterparks?
Another federal student loan program audit finds bountiful evidence of lax oversight of loan service providers.
Dramatic price increases have spawned a historic gentrification trend, as even many with housing and employment income find themselves priced out of their homes. A community land trust based in Columbus, Ohio aims to change this.
Public Safety Assessments are computer algorithms that determine whether someone is likely to commit another crime or miss a court date. What values are these algorithms serving—and whose?
On December 11, 2018, Bennett College, one of the nation’s two all-female historically black colleges, was told it would lose its accreditation unless it could raise $5 million in 55 days. In that time, it raised $8.2 million. Doing so involved a combination of grit, sisterhood, and an unusual display of nonprofit solidarity.
NPQ is reminded at times like these how critical nonprofit legal advocates are to preserving our civil and human rights. We remain impressed at their capacity to have cases ready to go in the face of an unpredictable presidency.
As the border wall fight continues, the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols have forced many, including families fleeing violence, to remain in Mexico through the duration of their asylum cases.
A longstanding CEO of a local anti-poverty agency was fired by the board, only to have that decision reversed, seemingly by the agency’s lawyer, who then went on to dismiss board members who had a part in the firing. Are you confused, too?
A study of a Texas economic development incentive program finds that one in four companies renegotiate—typically in secret—the tax abatement dollars deals that they receive.