Nonprofit News
Disability Activists Continue to Protest Medicaid Cuts
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Disability activists take noticeable action to fight Medicaid cuts, considered “an assault on people with disabilities.”
Nonprofit News
Disability Advocates Bring Multiple Messages to Connecticut Lawmakers as Services are Cut
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One thing that marks this period for disabilities advocates is the degree to which their lives as they know them or hope to live them are in immediate danger. In some states, the danger exists on multiple fronts, but who is really listening, and to whom?
California
Ecology and Me-Cology Clash in the Golden State
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California’s desperate housing crisis is proving to be the fault line in the public crusade for natural preservation, leading to the highest poverty rate in the nation and to a missed opportunity to put a big dent in pollution.
Nonprofit News
Is Disruption a Useful Tactic? Or Does Slow and Steady Win the Race?
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As Charles Blow opined, “Disruption is not a dirty word; in this environment, it’s a badge of honor.”
Nonprofit News
Will Going from Non-organization to Organization Kill Indivisible’s Real Influence?
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Much of what has been done post-election in terms of organizing has been accomplished through self-organized but commonly informed networks. Will traditionally trained political activists be able to resist taking on organizational trappings too soon?
Nonprofit News
A Democratic Time-out: And Where Are the Nominees?
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January 31, 2017; Politico
Yesterday, the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee and Judiciary Committee delayed the confirmations of Steven Mnuchin, Tom Price, and Jeff Sessions, Trump’s nominees for treasury secretary, secretary of health and human services, and attorney general, respectively. Whereas in the Finance Committee they simply did not attend the meeting, for the Judiciary hearing for Sessions, they engaged in long debate that delayed any vote until today. Concerns about Mnuchin and Price focus on what are characterized as financial misstatements. Objections to Sessions come from concerns about the degree to which he could retain independence from the office of the presidency if Trump strays into legally thin ice, an issue that has been brought into stark relief by the dismissal of Sally Yates as acting attorney general. The outrage expressed by Republicans on this obstructionist behavior shows a convenient kind of amnesia regarding recent history.
Women's March on Washington
10 Suggestions for Getting It Done: The Women’s March Is On!
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In this “Voices from the Field,” one participant in the Women’s March on Washington reflects on some of the next steps activists need to consider as the movement goes into its next phase.
Policy & Government
A Women’s March Only Just Begun
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A grassroots idea goes global and catches fire a day after Trump declares “America First.” How will the movement evolve during Trump’s first 100 days?
Nonprofit News
T-Minus 11 Days until Women & Allies Mobilize in Washington
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As thousands of women and their families prepare to march on Washington and in capitals across the country, we recall some other indicators of what the march portends for the near future.
Policy & Government
A Sectoral New Year’s Resolution—Exercise Civic Muscle
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While many nonprofit organizations have responded to “calls to action” from national advocacy organizations, fewer have been actively promoting “democracy” in their daily practice.