Citing the contracting publishing industry, changes in digital media, and the costs of litigation, editors at news organizations across the country say they are less likely than ten years ago to pursue challenges to their First Amendment rights in court. How will these changes affect society and the impact of journalism?
Schwan Foundation Loses $600M and Sons Demand Answers
When Marvin Schwan died suddenly, most of his frozen foods estate went to the Schwan Foundation that he established the year before—but its assets have disappeared offshore, and the family wants answers!
CMS Warns States: You Can’t Withhold Planned Parenthood Funds
The battle over Planned Parenthood continues, with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services making itself clear by issuing a frank warning to states about curtailing Medicaid reimbursements.
Musings about the Special Case Aspects of the Future of Tech Philanthropy
What the tech titans have in common with the Gilded Age barons is a rapacious appetite for domination and, as they age, a complicated relationship with almost 100 percent of the world’s population.
Democracy Protests Involve Impressive Numbers and Types of Nonprofits: A New Day for Us?
More than 1,300 protesters seeking progressive policy change were arrested at the U.S. Capitol this past week. In a sector that is sometimes slow to cross boundaries in common cause, the breadth of the roster of nonprofits that involved themselves in the Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening Protests is worth noting and celebrating.
Activists: Pentagon Misled Congress on Military Sexual Assaults to Block Legislation
Reports indicate Pentagon officials misled Congress to block legislation meant to reform and improve outdated procedures for prosecuting the epidemic level of sexual assault in the military.
Housing Crisis Finally Hits a Presidential Candidate’s Radar
As people all over the country are being displaced from housing, from neighborhoods, and even from whole cities, the presidential candidates have remained silent on housing. But it would have been hard to do so in New York, so one did step up on the issue. Is it Bernie Sanders’s initiative platform really groundbreaking, though, or is it more Clintonian in its incremental approach to reform?
One Too Many Hits and A Food Bank Goes Under while Fundraising Runs Downhill
A reorganization of the food distribution system in Maine leaves it more centralized and, at least in some cases, the smallest programs paying and having to fundraise more.
Tax-Free “Hedge Funds with Universities Attached”: A Sustainable Nonprofit Form?
While a conceptual battle rages about the essence of the requirements for tax-exempt status, most nonprofits are pretty silent on the matter, leaving those questions to the courts and legislators.
Nonprofit News Sites Marshall Project & ProPublica Win Pulitzer: Nonprofit Innovation at Work
The Marshall Project and ProPublica win the highest accolade in journalism for their collaborative story about a rape investigation gone very wrong. It is this kind of journalism that invades the crowded public consciousness and helps to make change and it is nonprofit innovation gone very right.
When Does Collaboration Tip Over into Antitrust Activity? Suit Filed against 2 Nonprofit Hospitals
The DOJ announced last week that it has sued Charleston Area Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center for violating federal antitrust laws by negotiating and agreeing to limit the placement of billboard and other advertising that might cause patients to change providers.
The Particular Challenges of Designing a Museum Meant to Bear Witness
When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens later this year, staff and volunteers—as well as the building itself—will be ready to absorb a range of emotional responses from visitors.