Millions of young children get malaria. These two got it in 2010.
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There’s a big market for new treatments for TB, malaria and other ailments. But most of these diseases afflict low-income people unable to pay for medicine.
Detroit People’s Food Co-op, opening later this year in a food desert, is an example of a community-driven project.
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Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
Two of the top donors who made constructing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture possible were black.
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Billionaire Robert F. Smith made a big splash when he told Morehouse grads he would pay off their student debt. Yet his generosity adheres to a long African American tradition.
Cub Scouts outings aren’t possible without dedicated volunteers.
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Scholars researched whether bestowing awards on volunteers who pitch in with the Boy Scouts made a difference. The answer seems to depend on whether the recognition is expected or not.
Pitching in.
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Could these extra hands do more for the nonprofits they assist?
The PSA star, deployed in the wild.
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The iconic advertising campaign originated as a way to protect the nation from its WWII enemies. Today, critics are asking if it’s causing harm as well as good.
This is not what board meetings at the biggest nonprofits usually look like.
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Approaching gender parity on the boards of big nonprofits might help narrow the pay gap among the sector’s highest-paid leaders.
Bill Gates looks to his wife Melinda as they are interviewed in Kirkland, Washington, in February 2019.
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A political scientist warns that a new lobbying initiative launched by Bill and Melinda Gates could harm US higher education.
Sochi’s mild climate was impractical for many cold-weather sports.
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As the cost of holding the Winter Games rises, local taxpayers around the globe are losing interest in hosting the event.
Thousands of Liberians took part in a June 2019 protest against President George Weah.
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Depending on foreign aid to pay the bills makes moving on when it’s gone harder.
Throngs of Santa Barbara News-Press readers, rallying in 2006.
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The health of American democracy could be at stake.
Attorney General of New York Letitia James has launched a probe of the NRA.
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More likely dangers include administrative hassles and fines.
Former NRA President Col. Oliver North.
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The group’s bottom line has been shaky for years. And its board has been unwilling or unable to respond.
Migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas, in March 2019.
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Travel along the U.S.-Mexico border and meeting migrants can build empathy for people without papers.
About a million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh.
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It’s not necessarily because of Islamophobia.
Assembling backpacks of food for students to take home in Flint, Mich.
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Backpack programs that give students easily prepared foods, like boxed macaroni and cheese and canned beans, can make a difference.
A Special Olympics basketball clinic in Charlotte, N.C. in January 2019.
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The White House proposed these cuts for three years in a row. That clashes with longstanding bipartisan leadership regarding rights for all people with disabilities.
US demonstrators who favor and oppose stricter gun laws, in 2018.
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Legislators in a growing number of democracies are clamping down on civil society. In the United States, it’s happening at the state level.
Habitat for Humanity homeowner Keosha Hendricks cuts a ceremonial ribbon, in La Vergne, Tenn.
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A study that compared Habitat for Humanity affiliates found that what nonprofits are doing may matter more than how much they’re spending.
Anti-opioid protest at the Harvard Art Museums, which the Sackler family has supported with charitable gifts.
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There are limits to what charities can do now about past donors who are accused of morally reprehensible behavior.