The California court unanimously ruled that if it looks like an employment relationship, it is one. The decision is sure to roil delivery companies, ride-hailing services, and others whose business models rely heavily on independent contractors.
Some see the new presidential order as strengthening important freedoms and the nation’s religious roots. Others say it does exactly the opposite.
In Arizona, teachers have gone back to work after the passage of a state budget which, while falling short of teacher demands, increases teacher salaries and school funding. But this is unlikely the last we’ll hear from #RedforEd in Arizona, as a November ballot measure looms.
The Obama Foundation moves one step closer to its goal of integrating a public library branch into its Jackson Park Presidential Center—but will it balance the gentrification the center is likely to bring to Chicago’s South Side?
Tradition, secrecy, a lack of succession planning, and #MeToo bring down the Nobel Prize for literature for 2018.
Nonprofits are generally viewed as entities that primarily respond to government or market failure. But nonprofits are well-situated to shape—rather than just respond to—the process of governance, and local organizations are becoming more and more central to promoting neighborhood democracy.
The Trump administration challenges tribal sovereignty when it claims American Indians are not exempt from Medicaid work requirements.
In 2016, an Austin nonprofit started a ride-hailing service in a market that had been vacated by Uber and Lyft due to a dispute with the city. A year later, Uber and Lyft were back. The nonprofit has struggled, but so far is maintaining a local alternative to the ride-hailing giants.
A revitalization project is underway in a North Philly neighborhood. Signs are good for community buy-in, but how will this play out?
When we saw that the American Cancer Society Building in Westchester had been sold, we looked a little further and found a good reason to sell: It and the March of Dimes have been running some impressive deficits.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and the Nelson estate face the challenge of how to use their great wealth. Their very different approaches can tell us much about the changing face of philanthropy.
A very large US foundation sent out an announcement yesterday about a major new initiative it’s funding to address poverty. Buried in the middle, it had something to say about the importance of “narrative” consciousness about “the poor.”