Once the use of 501c4 nonprofits to raise campaign dollars was largely dominated by the right, but no longer. The grassroots organizing that 501c4 groups encourage is positive, but the rising power of billionaire—and sometimes secret—donors is not.
Nonprofits need to look beyond boards as the scope of governance and see every interaction as an opportunity to build political efficacy.
The Working Families Party has named Moe Mitchell as its next director. The move doesn’t only mark a shift to leadership of color in the party; it also illustrates the growing willingness of some white progressives to confront structural racism and for activists of color to accept the challenges of governance.
What appears in the Commission’s “agreed conclusions” is less an issue than what doesn’t. You won’t find the word “abortion” or any reference to protecting LGBT rights.
Though Republicans won a majority of the elections this past fall, the country isn’t as conservative as it looks on an electoral map. Studies and polls show that Americans lean to the left on many key issues. What does that mean for civil society, or for any of us?
Amid the controversy of the new administration is a beacon of light: the record numbers of women and women of color preparing to run for local, state, and federal office.
This important article comes to us from the renowned FrameWorks Institute and is worthy of wide distribution, discussion, and self-reflection among nonprofits and philanthropy. It asks if the way we frame the important social issues we address is not only inadequate but perhaps even wildly counterproductive.
One day after the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and two days after the massive international Women’s March, Donald Trump, in one of his first acts in office, reinstated the Mexico City Policy.
Ideologically speaking, who do we think we are? How has that self-perception changed, and who is changing the most?
As President-elect Trump looks toward his administration, reproductive rights activists are preparing for Trump’s likely decision to reinstate the Mexico City policy, impacting international family planning charities along the way.
