An equity lens demands that we do more to sustain historically black colleges and universities as critical American institutions and acknowledge their powerful place in our past and in our future.
The income gap between haves and have-nots is widening throughout the United States, but the increased inequality is particularly notable in Connecticut, where between 2009 and 2013, the top one percent received literally 100 percent of the gains while the bottom 99 percent actually saw incomes decline.
It has been noted before that America is raising a “lockdown generation.” Often, efforts to protect youth inadvertently create more trauma, increasing children’s anxiety levels by making the next shooting feel just around the corner.
Another study, a familiar outcome. This time, the focus is on Kentucky, where a study shows that state spending on corporate tax abatements is largely a waste of money, diverting resources that could support education and other public services.
In 2018, NPQ committed to emphasizing the need to remake our economy into a system that provides for more shared wealth and equity, one that values sustainability and racial justice. We have covered the topic in our newswires and have begun a webinar series that brilliantly combines inspiring vision with grounded experience of some of the foremost change agents in the field. We will continue this emphasis well into the future and, for those of you who have not yet engaged in this element of our work, we bring you one of our introductory pieces from Senior editor Steve Dubb. Don’t miss his next webinar on Thursday, January 10th!
What do the worlds of fashion and speculative fiction have to do with nonprofits? Well, our sector has its own version of black tchotchkes—black people as clients and victims, not partners for a more human future for all. The exploitation of powerless identity narratives drives us still.
Under an agreement with the New York Attorney General and a state court, Donald Trump’s private foundation is being dissolved and residual assets of about $1.75 million are being given to charities approved by a state judge and the AG’s office.
The Cincinnati Zoo and the Gorilla Foundation in California are engaged in a custody battle over a 37-year-old lowland gorilla named Ndume. Why is the foundation so stuck on keeping him?
In response to reports that Russian hackers used Facebook and Instagram to encourage Black voters to skip the 2016 election or to sabotage their own vote, the NAACP has asked its allies to #logoutfacebook for a week.
In the nation’s capital, City Council unanimously passes a bill that includes one of the nation’s strongest climate policies. By 2032, the resolution commits Washington, DC to generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources.
A new Ruderman Family Foundation white paper finds that while elite Ivy League institutions expect high achievement from their students, they receive failing scores in mental health care.
Been there, done that, says Arizona to the bright idea of raising billions on GoFundMe from presidential supporters in the wake of yet another refusal by Congress to bend to government-shutdown ultimatums.