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?
The sensitive and controversial issue of universities’ sordid past dealings with the slave trade is catching the attention of their stakeholder communities, many of which are demanding the universities financially atone for their sins.
Kansas joins the list of states refusing to cooperate with federal refugee resettlement programs or the NGOs and nonprofits doing the work in the communities of their states.
A political science instructor tasked his students with diagramming an ongoing public-private grants scandal, resulting in the display of an intricate web of conflicts and a valuable lesson.
Using shock therapy for people with behavioral disorders and disabilities has been discredited for decades, but one facility stubbornly refuses to end the practice.
During a big week in criminal reform, the Department of Justice announced the “Roadmap to Reentry,” a policy plan to guide federal efforts to reintegrate into society, including creating tailored reentry plans for individual prisoners.
There are some theorists who seem to make a living from repackaging ideas that have been in use in communities for many decades while subtly removing their teeth.
A nonprofit has filed suit against an energy company that has declared bankruptcy, claiming that the SunEdison Foundation owes it $2 million in pledged donations.
What are the limitations on free speech if you take a government job? The suspension of an award-winning Chicago school principal has a lesson to teach us about the rules in Rahm Emanuel’s city.
The public lambasts Cleveland’s police association president for telling Tamir Rice’s family to use their settlement money to educate other youths on the dangers of playing with guns, real or toys, to prevent similar tragedies.