A disgraced hedge fund manager uses his foundation to give $325 million in support to mental health services for veterans.
Billionaire Creates Network of Mental Health Clinics for Veterans
Harvard’s Sports Problem: Sexist Chickens Come Home to Roost
Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer team’s season after it was discovered that the team maintained a sexist “scouting report” about female athletes, spurring the cross country team to confess to maintaining a similar report.
A Web App for Renters’ Rights
A new web app has been designed to help tenants in New York City prevail against landlord harassment and baffling legal proceedings.
Who Could Possibly Get Riled about NaNoWriMo? Read On…
National Novel Writing Month has taken off again. Hundreds of thousands of people will attempt to complete a 50,000-word novel; what’s the bigger goal?
Where Other Reporters Fear to Go: Syrian Citizen Journalist Receives International Award
An activist and citizen journalist who reports from the most embattled sites of the Syrian war has received a prestigious prize for journalism.
4 Things Nonprofits Must Do the Day after a Trump Victory
Nonprofits have some very specific work to do in the wake of the election. We must ready ourselves!
Things to do today…
Things to do today…
1. VOTE
2. Join NPQ’s circle of reader supporters
The Day After: What’s Washed Up in the Wake of the Campaign
Whatever happens in the wake of today’s elections, social justice and human rights advocates will have a lot of work to do. But, let’s remember that it is because our movements on equity have been so active and even successful that the country’s discourse appears so out of control.
Nonprofits, Not Elected Officials, Often Represent Poor Urban Communities in America
A researcher shows how community-based organizations can become more genuine advocates and representatives of disadvantaged communities than local elected politicians.
Prophesying to the Nonprofit Sector Still a Lucrative Living
No one argues that restraint and fear of success are the way to go in nonprofit work, but vision and boldness is nothing without humility and an understanding and observation of the ethics of trust.
Project South Aims to Train Low-Income Communities to Tell Their Stories
An Atlanta-based community organizing nonprofit is planning to create a new media organization to syndicate social justice communications tools and journalism training through community radio.
Voters with Disabilities Face Barriers on Election Day
People all over the country will cast votes today, but one group of eligible voters faces significant barriers that may prevent them from participating. Obstacles at a number of polling locations can impede the ability of people with disabilities to take part in the election process.