Dayton, Ohio sees a hopeful trend in diminishing opioid-related deaths only after implementing a range of coordinated responses from public and private institutions.
The Dayton Opioid Turnaround: How a Public Health Approach Can Work
The Problem with Repeated Public Warnings about Charity Misbehavior
A message repeated over and over from a network of public offices can’t help but bleed into donor consciousness. Still, the warnings from regulators are legitimate, so what is the sector to do?
How Trust in a Nonprofit Gets Lost—and Then Found Again
A sure way to lose trust of your stakeholders is to erect a wall of silence during a crisis. But once you have done so, what then must be done?
Can Colonialism Be Remediated? Macron’s Report Alarms European Museums
A French president’s office report may lead some museums to return stolen treasures to their countries of origin. But resistance among European museums persists.
Philadelphia Seeks $500 Million Shift in “Eds and Meds” Spending to Local Firms
In Philadelphia, the city and 13 hospital and university partners set a goal to shift $500 million in contracts for goods and services from national to local suppliers in the coming decade. If it succeeds, 5,000 living-wage, middle-skill jobs for Philadelphia residents could be created.
What If We Treated Bigotry as a Public Health Concern?
The current wave of increasingly explicit bigotry in the US affects all nonprofits. It is incumbent for our sector to add higher-level cultural strategies to our work to respond more effectively to this social disease in our midst.
Berkshire Museum Concludes Sale of Art in Much-Contested Deaccessioning
With 22 of an allowed 40 pieces of art sold, the Berkshire Museum ends its much-frowned-upon auction of some of the most famous of its own artworks in a sale designed to finance expanded science and history sections. The museum now has its cash; many will be watching to see if the money is used wisely.
Proposed Federal Rule Endangers Legally Admitted Immigrants
Even as chaos erupts on the border with Mexico and armed forces try to keep asylum seekers from entering the United States, immigrants already legally admitted also face assault. A proposed amended “public charge” rule would make accepting standard supports like Medicaid health insurance grounds for not getting a green card.
As Local Elections Become National, Nonprofits Must Be Wary
A local school board election in Alexandria, Virginia, illustrates the increased prominence of pro-charter school PACs in school board elections.
Effective Interactions: Supremacist Power and Liberatory Power
We tend to think of power as a tool of domination, but it is also a tool for liberation. Knowing how they differ is critical to our social change work.
Abrams Gives Voice to New Voting Rights Movement
Brian Kemp may have stolen Georgia’s governorship from Stacey Abrams…for now. Expert analysis finds that as many as 340,000 voters were wrongfully removed from the registration rolls over the past four years.
Should the Nonprofit Sector Cap the CRISPR Genie’s Bottle?
One of the creators of a genetic editing tool believes its power should be monitored by nonprofits to prevent abuse, rather than being stymied by an international treaty. But is our sector any better suited than for-profit firms to stop its exploitation?