With his 2018 reelection campaign already heating up, Gov. Rauner may be trying to shore up his base by starting a fight over funding for Chicago Schools.
Destabilizing Illinois: State Funds for Public Schools Now in Limbo
Why NPQ’s Newswire Writers Write and Why You Might Want to Join Them
We asked our community of embedded practitioner journalists why they write for NPQ. These are their responses.
Nonprofits Can Write Legislation—and Should! Here’s How
Crafting a piece of legislation is an art form. While most legislative bodies have staff specialists who can write a bill so as to “fit in” with existing laws, many advocacy organizations are turning to hired guns to help.
Diluting the Vote: Redistricting Violations Threaten the US Election System
The drawing of Congressional maps has a profound effect on the electoral fortunes of the Texas GOP. Challenges and redistricting could lead to as many as six new Democratic seats.
Advocates Pronounce Booker’s Marijuana Justice Bill the Most Far-Reaching Ever Filed
Sen. Cory Booker’s bill to legalize marijuana also contains a fascinating and powerful incentive for states to follow suit.
Very Expensive Lessons for School Reformers and America’s Families
Having the ability to invest billions is not enough to guarantee success. That’s one of the lessons a growing list of mega-donors and large foundations should be learning from their efforts to transform and improve public education.
Some Predict Digital Patient Portals May Unintentionally Widen Health Disparities
Despite the progress made by the Affordable Care Act in addressing disparate health care access and outcomes across race and ethnicity, those disparities persist. A new study from California suggests that online patient portals, intended to narrow disparities, may be having the opposite effect.
The Wall and the Wildlife Refuge: Two Violations of the Planet in One Project?
Out of the headlines, Trump’s wall begins to take shape, starting on federally owned land that’s part of the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.
Another Nonprofit Providing Cover for Big Pharma’s Quest for Profits—This Time, in Ohio
The pharmaceutical industry appears to have identified nonprofits as an endlessly useful part of their business model aimed at wringing every last cent possible out of the public.
Social Entrepreneurship’s All-American Mind Trap
The U.S. social sector insists on raising up the “bold individual” as the hero of entrepreneurial endeavor—yet, as the authors write, “the uncertainty of our world requires the many to envision solutions.” In the long run, the entrepreneurship of a collective rather than a single individual may have a better chance of producing sustainable and relevant impact.
On Hiring and Retention of Staff: Recent Lessons from the White House
All nonprofits long to be, or should long to be, the kind of “sticky” workplace that is capable of hiring and retaining the best. Can we learn anything from recent staff changes at the White House?
New Study Predicts Voter Drop-off among the Rising American Electorate
A new voting trends study by the nonprofit Voter Participation Center finds that the rising American electorate—unmarried women, millennials and people of color—does not register or turn out to vote in proportion to its share of the population.