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State of Pennsylvania Once Again Takes Out Forced Loans from Nonprofits
The three week old budget impasse in Pennsylvania is forcing nonprofits all over the state to take out loans to cover the cost of services under state contracts while legislators figure out a resolution.
FBI Arrests Animal Rights Activists as Domestic Terrorists
Why would the FBI arrest two protesters against mink fur farming as domestic terrorists but not call a potential murderer like Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof a terrorist? The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald discusses the contradictions.
Church Sues Nonprofit It Created over Possible Sale of Housing Development
In San Francisco, Third Baptist Church is suing a nonprofit organization that it created to develop and manage an affordable housing development because the nonprofit wants to sell the project to a private developer who may render the development’s affordable apartments out of reach to lower income tenants.
Disabilities Nonprofit Sues Community Health Center for Excluding Patients with Physical Disabilities
In the Bronx, a suit has been filed against the Union Community Health Center by Bronx Independent Living Services for discriminating against people with physical disabilities.
New State-Based Efforts Would Remove Barriers to Benefits for Former Prisoners
Some state governments are reducing or eliminating barriers that prevent former prisoners convicted of drug felonies from accessing crucial publicly funded safety net programs such as food stamps and TANF.
Density Bonuses: A Tool for Affordable Housing Development
Because there is little discretionary funding available at the federal level to support affordable housing production and preservation, localities and their nonprofit partners are joining forces to promote density bonuses.
Museum Intended to Celebrate Women’s History Dedicated to Jack the Ripper
A museum that was supposed to commemorate London’s women is instead centered on Jack the Ripper, the 19th century serial killer and butcher of the city’s prostitutes.
Curing Violence Like an Infectious Disease
American communities are still reeling and healing from recent gun violence, including the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., and the gang violence that killed 10 people over July 4th weekend in Chicago. But our guests say there is something we can do about gun violence. To get there, we have to
PETA Goes Way Out on Another Communications Limb over Lion Killing
We’d love to hear from readers about PETA’s studied outrageousness in its public education efforts. Now it has called for the Minnesota hunter who first wounded Cecil the lion and then tracked and killed him 40 hours later to be “extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged.”
New Spin on Work-Life Balance: Education Nonprofits and Teachers Share Living Space
Are working collectives seeing a resurgence? A once-crumbling 19th-century dye works in Philadelphia has been reinvented as an “urban oasis” for nonprofits focused on education and for teachers in need of affordable apartments.
Which Is More Effective: Online Donations or Retail Donations?
A recent study by social-good consultancy Good Scout shows that retail donations – funds tacked on to purchases at the point of sale – are healthy and growing alongside online donations.