A 17-year-old boy in Oklahoma remains free from forcible sodomy charges following an appellate ruling that is creating a national uproar. The news has state officials on a fast track to fill a loophole brought to light as a result of the case.
We would love to hear what readers involved in housing and neighborhood development think about the shipping container as a housing resource.
Do you have a favorite slogan? Why does it make you care, let alone take action? That’s the question asked by this article as well as by your board and donors.
This week, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust joined with the Calvert Foundation to launch “Benefit Chicago.” Their collaboration aims to generate $100 million in new impact investments for nonprofits and social enterprises in the Chicago region.
The renaming of the law school at George Mason University for former Justice Antonin Scalia has not gone down well with faculty and students, emphasizing once again that the choice of a major donation, especially one with conditions, can have serious fallout.
Louisiana’s district attorneys may take issue with public defenders using their very limited resources to fund post-conviction appeals; however, this study illustrates those resources are well spent and Louisiana’s justice system requires a diligent review.
Technology from our 49th state could help people without homes in our 50th. The igloos stack like potato chips and offer protection from the elements while remaining easily portable.
Educational achievement has not improved much despite decades of federal, state, and private initiatives. Funding levels, testing, and programming have had little or no effect on outcomes.
If we’ve learned anything from landmark legal victories of the past—the ratification of women’s suffrage, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act—it is that a major legal victory like marriage equality is only the beginning of a much longer and more challenging struggle.
By Amy Ta I’m in the business of questions and answers — writing questions, procuring answers for our podcast. But when I take off my producer/editor cap and go about my personal life, these are the questions I get ad nauseam from strangers: “What happened to your face? How’d you get those scars? Were you in
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has opted not to stage an August conference in Asheville, North Carolina, that would have brought more than 500 people to the city and $1.5 million to the local economy.
Finding out how a $1 billion foundation lost $600 million in investments depends on key word definitions in South Dakota state law. Why is the state’s attorney general siding against the parties seeking disclosure?