American politics
Does Your Nonprofit Teach Democracy?
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Nonprofits need to look beyond boards as the scope of governance and see every interaction as an opportunity to build political efficacy.
American politics
Working Families Party Hires Black Movement Leader as New Director
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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.
UN Women
UN Commission on Status of Women Hampered by Regressive US Policies
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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.
American politics
Vox: “Populist Surge” Led to a Surge of Formerly Inactive Progressives
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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?
Nonprofit News
Divisive Election Prompts More Women of Color to Run For Office
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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.
Policy & Government
How to Think Differently about Communication: Your Nonprofit’s Role in Reframing the Post-Election Discourse
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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.
American politics
A Shot Across the Bow on Abortion: The Mexico City Policy
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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.
Nonprofit News
Gallup Poll Indicates Self-identified Liberals are Gaining
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Ideologically speaking, who do we think we are? How has that self-perception changed, and who is changing the most?
Nonprofit News
A Reinstated “Mexico City” Abortion Policy Could Impact International Nonprofits
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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.
American politics
J.D. Vance Comes Home to Ohio to Start a New Nonprofit
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“Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance announces his new nonprofit, but it doesn’t have a name or a specific mission. We do know he wants to be part of Ohio’s political and social conversation.