DC’s proposed 11th Street Bridge Park, patterned after the High Line Park in Manhattan, will connect southeast DC to the rest of the nation’s capital, but poses a high gentrification risk. Can a nonprofit-community coalition keep this from happening?
In Ohio, a 53-year old factory closes, and the Youngstown region’s economy is harmed. Did the story have to go this way? Not necessarily, according to a local nonprofit policy advocacy group.
Georgia State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick is drafting a bill that would limit men’s reproductive rights. It may never see the light of day, but the point is clear.
People advocating for the unfettered public release of the Mueller Report must deal with the legacy of the current special counsel statute.
Given longstanding practices such as “legacy admissions” (easier admissions for children of donating alumni), nonprofit university claims of building a meritocracy have always been somewhat laughable, but the direct sale of admission places speaks to a moral rot that is tearing at the heart of the US social contract.
The shift in the nature of giving toward fewer, larger donors will upend many nonprofits large and small. Individual organizations will need to respond, but so too does the nonprofit sector as whole.
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?
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.
Federal “prevailing wage” standards purport to equalize wages among union employees of different genders and races. But are they reinforcing inequality at the top?
A nonprofit pilot uses individualized data to boost Housing First efforts and address chronic homelessness. While data is still preliminary, initial outcomes are promising.
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!
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.