It’s been 25 years since Mayan guerrillas in Chiapas, known as Zapatistas, rose up in opposition to NAFTA and the Mexican government. While they did not topple the government, they have shown staying power, leading local governments that have benefitted 250,000 Mayans and articulating a political philosophy that has influenced democracy activists worldwide.
Two leading data providers—one focused on nonprofits, the other on philanthropy—announce they have now joined forces. The combined entity will have a budget of close to $40 million and will be a more dominant data source for the civil sector.
The new voting rights bill is yet another instance of an issue that’s important to the people being blocked by politicians.
World Central Kitchen’s newest project in Puerto Rico aims to help the island become more food secure, more self-reliant, and less vulnerable to future disasters like Hurricane Maria.
In the wake of the teachers’ strike, the Los Angeles school board, half of whom were elected with charter school donor backing, has voted 5–1 to recommend that the state enact an eight-to-ten-month moratorium on new charter school development.
The “philanthropy” of pharmaceutical corporations fits well alongside their other questionable and potentially criminal behavior in bribing physicians to overprescribe heavy opioids.
It appears that Michigan’s school reformers had another agenda item they saw as more important than educating children: cutting taxes.
A nonprofit advocacy group’s study confirms what the federal government shutdown made plain for all to see: Tens of millions of Americans who consider themselves “middle class” are only one missed paycheck away from poverty.
A year and a half after the “Unite the Right” rally and white supremacist violence roiled the Virginia college town, the local community foundation is working to center equity in its work, both in its grantmaking and in the public role it plays in the Charlottesville community.
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities announced a community solar energy partnership that will allow lower-income residents to participate in planet-saving energy innovations.
As Rutger Bregman points out, “1,500 people travelled to Davos by private jet” but “no one was talking about raising taxes on the rich. I hear people talking the language of participation, justice, equality and transparency, but almost no one raises the real issue.”
The Foothills Forum, at age 5, has won awards and is being sought out for advice from others seeking to start similar nonprofit journalistic ventures.