We all understand the importance of long-range planning; it can be challenging to stick to the plan. But as the largely successful Republican effort to remake the federal judiciary reminds us, preparation and perseverance can pay off.
Rep. Paul Ryan is going home. The question now is what advocates should be doing to reframe the discussion about this country’s priorities.
Political doublespeak reaches new heights as a legislator who promises the “most sweeping gun reform package in the nation’s history” indicates that his bill would preserve Americans’ “right” to buy and own assault weapons.
The tax overhaul bill is reaching its final stages. Is the charitable deduction alive? Is a revision of the Johnson Amendment still at play? Will high nonprofit salaries and endowments be taxed at a higher rate?
Doug Jones’s win over Roy Moore in Alabama deserves a look—not just at the results, but at the coalition of voters and the nonprofits that were part of making the win happen in a state known for voter supression tactics.
There’s still time to preserve the 63-year-old Johnson Amendment prohibition against churches and other charities from taking political contributions and supporting or opposing political candidates.
Many of us would like the chance to mourn the death of the GOP tax overhaul proposals. Will this ill-conceived package of proposals that promise to increase inequality while damaging the nonprofit sector go the way of the ACA repeal-and-replace? The answer to that question may be in the hands of a few members of the GOP themselves.
Maintaining a clear distinction between nonprofit charitable work and electioneering may need even higher priority in today’s partisan climate. Judge Roy Moore may be providing the charitable community with a model that needs attention and scrutiny.
Looking at the cuts to the teen pregnancy program through the lens of history and politics suggests that nonprofits must consistently think politically—it’s not always about evidence.
Maybe the president considered keeping his message above the political fray for a moment, but it all soon descended.
