The president of the Salesforce Foundation speaks on why the company’s advocacy of the LBGTQ community is good business.
Salesforce and the Question of “Good Politics”
Regulation of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations: An International Perspective
Global trends in regulating civil society organizations, particularly those working in human rights and the environment, can be pretty intimidating. United States nonprofits would do well to pay attention to these trends limiting the freedom to pursue charitable missions.
The Politics of Closing the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Kenya’s closing of Dadaab presents a twin challenge to all nations: Who can—and should—care for the world’s refugees, and what can be done to reduce the record number of refugees needing assistance?
Confused by a Surplus: Media Needs Education on Nonprofit Finances
Contrary to public perception, nonprofit organizations aren’t designed to lose money. Profitable, successful charities shouldn’t be automatically suspect or ridiculed.
VA Supreme Court Reviews Order Restoring Voting Rights to 206,000 Ex-Felons
Months after Virginia’s governor issued an executive order restoring voting rights to an unprecedented 206,000 ex-felons, Republican legislators are challenging the order in the state Supreme Court.
End the Madness! Compulsive Nonprofit Report Writing Must Go!
Too many nonprofits write reports that add no value and distract from service and mission fulfillment.
Designing for Racial Equality
Urban planners and designers are reexamining long-held design tenets for their effects on racial and economic discrimination.
Too Much Trust Is Just Plain Mean When It Comes to Nonprofit Financial Oversight
Embezzlement from a softball league by a popular resident highlights the need for policy and procedure, even in the smallest nonprofits, so accountability might thwart temptation.
Nonprofit Clones Giant Sequoias To Combat Climate Change
A nonprofit in Michigan is cloning California’s giant sequoias in an attempt to refurbish the earth with a resilient natural combatant of greenhouse gases, one 200-foot, thousand-year-old tree at a time.
A Dark Night at Wichita’s Zoo: Wrangling for Power in a Public-Private Partnership
At the Wichita Zoo, it’s a case of a public-private partnership gone really bad.
Why Highways Are the Center of America’s Protests
Why do Black Lives Matter protests so often occur on highways, in airports, and at other elements of our transportation infrastructure? It’s all about symbolism and social and movement history.
Activist Groups Urge the President to Veto Bill on GMO Labeling
A bill to override state-based food labeling laws swiftly cleared the House and Senate and is now awaiting the president’s expected signature. Opponents object to its tame approach to consumer disclosure of GMOs.