A local school board election in Alexandria, Virginia, illustrates the increased prominence of pro-charter school PACs in school board elections.
As Local Elections Become National, Nonprofits Must Be Wary
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?
How Private Equity Drove the Nation’s Second-Largest Nursing Home Chain into the Ground
In nursing homes, for-profit ownership frequently leads to worse care, as a Washington Post exposé details.
United Ways Eye General Motors Layoffs Sadly
As automaker General Motors announces large-scale layoffs affecting 14,000 workers in the US and Canada, local United Ways brace for impact. Of course, the largest impact will be among the workers, their families, and communities themselves.
Nonprofit Study Charts Rising US Corporate Concentration
A new study confirms the growing concentration of corporate America, with two companies controlling over half of the market in more than half of the 26 industries studied.
Will Our Cities Make Room for Middle-Income Residents?
An increasingly two-tier society puts pressure on working-class neighborhoods in mid-size cities. A leading urban expert sounds the alarm.
About #GivingTuesday: Will Larger Trends Show Up as Reduced Community Revenue?
Will the increasingly prominent trend of declining small donations make itself felt today, on #GivingTuesday?
New Federal Study on Climate Change Shows Starkest Findings to Date
A comprehensive 1,600-page report put together by 13 federal agencies details both the current and likely future costs of climate change. The scale of the disruptions outlined should give us all pause.
Nonprofits, Transparency, and the DOJ: Could Anyone Be Worse than Sessions?
Interim US attorney general Matthew Whitaker is hiding his financial backers behind a nonprofit shield and that provides the public with less capacity to monitor accountability.
The Decline of the Small Giver May Presage Decline of Some Small Nonprofits
The picture is bleak for organizations like HOY that depend almost exclusively on the generosity of individual working-class and middle-class donors.