The lack of racial and ethnic diversity among nonprofit leaders could make it hard for their organizations to achieve their goals.
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Before the Civil War, US activists sought to combat slavery through sugar boycotts. Instead, consumption grew.
While the numbers of people quitting their jobs in 2021 are higher than normal, a closer look at all the existing data suggests the current trend isn’t as dramatic as news headlines imply.
The job market continued to improve in December, but a stagnating labor pool will pose more challenges for employers in 2022.
Large-scale job losses in the US due to trade with China will lead to enduring demographic and political aftershocks without the implementation of policies that promote widespread job growth.
A cybersecurity research group has been tracking a significant rise in the number of stolen checks being sold on sites like WhatsApp and Telegram, which often results in stolen identities.
Informed data donations are different from the usual online data experience. They’re easier to manage because of technological advances.
Big donors need to balance their ambitions to address injustices with the constraints on power that democracy requires.
The US economy ended 2021 with a lot of uncertainty and serious problems, such as inflation. How will economists know if things are improving in 2022?
Sen. Manchin effectively killed one of Biden’s key economic priorities by withdrawing his support from the $2 trillion bill.
Meta felt the heat in 2021 as whistleblower revelations, congressional ire and demands for data knocked the company back on its heels. Here’s a look at research into the problems Meta poses for society.
People who struggle with numbers are also likely to struggle in life, new research shows.
The informality and the speed can be helpful in emergencies. But it’s hard to make sure that money raised in a hurry is used in accordance with what donors expect.
Republicans and a few Democrats say the Build Back Better plan would increase the already fast pace of inflation.
Until recently the Federal Reserve had been purchasing roughly $120 billion of assets every month to support the US economy. The Fed began scaling back those purchases in November and doubled the pace on Dec. 15.
The deaths of six Amazon employees at a factory hit by a tornado raises concerns over prohibitions on cellphones for workers.
The narrative of the Great Resignation is that workers hate their jobs and are desperate to quit. The data tells a somewhat different story.
Inflation is rising at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan was president.
Union membership has dwindled over the past five decades. But could a flurry of positive headlines over union drives help reverse this trend?
Giving away stock that has soared and that the donor has owned for at least a year makes the biggest dent in what share the IRS takes.
These photos tend to oversimplify the issues that cause poverty and the suffering of poor people in low-income countries.
The Biden administration has threatened severe sanctions if Russia were to invade Ukraine. An economic sanctions scholar explains why they probably won’t be effective.
Stanford researcher Lucy Bernholz is re-imagining what philanthropy looks like and is trying to understand how average people create, fund and distribute shared social goods in the digital age.
When staff members learn how to acknowledge and talk about their social differences, nonprofits can get better at developing strategies, forming alliances and mobilizing people, a recent study found.
New research shows people experience the ‘endowment effect’ of valuing an object more when they can touch it, even in virtual settings.