Over the holidays, the federal government started rounding up Central American refugee families for deportation. Nonprofits should consider how they might help immigrant rights groups protect these families.
In the wake of the resignation of a top city lawyer after being sanctioned for withholding evidence, distrust and backlash continues to grow against Chicago police officers and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Nonprofit news sites often depend upon philanthropy to get started but then have to move at warp speed to find renewable revenue sources. This is one case where a local foundation’s “shifting of its priorities,” married to restrictions imposed by the parent group, was fatal.
Legislation has been proposed in the state of Washington to make charter schools meet a constitutional requirement of public accountability.
A cartoonist’s take on MIT for a contest it is running, which asks artists to submit work that portrays MIT’s relationship with its community, suggests to us some objections that might be transferable to some kinds of philanthropic contests.
In this comprehensive analysis of the state of Detroit, the unmatchable Rick Cohen unpacks the city’s past, present, and future challenges through the lens of the “grand bargain.”
We all know about the “helping high” of philanthropy, but ongoing research also shows that altruism makes people physically healthier. Can nonprofits capitalize on this effect? Should they?
Software company Oracle bought an apartment complex to offer housing to its workforce so they could achieve “work life balance.” The problem is that the tenants already living in the complex say they were forced out with no compensation.
A campaign offering free marijuana cigarettes to the homeless, while provocative, sheds light on an ongoing issue.
In the Black Lives Matter movement and in the communities that have supported the effort, there are powerful and emergent lessons on leadership for social change nonprofits.
As President Barack Obama prepares to curb gun violence with an impending executive order, some cultural institutions may soon see themselves caught in the middle of the ensuring gun control battle.
Will learning and knowledge be important to decision-makers? In the midst of heated and polarized debates over how to solve the critical problems before us, is there room for solutions driven by the reality of our experience? Or are we best served by finding only the answers that are consistent with our philosophies and beliefs?