Any educational efforts are OK, as long as they don’t back a political party, specific candidates or particular pieces of legislation.
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Two scholars of nonprofits explain what is and isn’t permissible.
Service dogs are much more than pets.
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These dogs are trained to try to interrupt panic attacks and provide deep calming pressure to the people they’re matched with.
The rise of populist leaders and movements is sometimes the partial result of people’s economic insecurities and worries about the future.
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Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.
Poverty, fiscal stress and abandoned homes have fueled a long-standing stray dog problem in Detroit.
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A study in Detroit finds large areas without pet resources, mainly in lower-income and minority neighborhoods. Better access to supplies and services could help owners and animals thrive together.
Volunteers can help reduce costs, but most nonprofit social service groups rely heavily on government funding.
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By relying heavily on privately run organizations to deliver social services, the government employs fewer people, reducing the size of its bureaucracy. But these partnerships can flounder.
At its peak in the mid-2010s, the Romance Writers of America had around 10,000 members.
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In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed ‘disputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusion’ for its membership declining by an astounding 80%.
Many Mexican immigrants stay connected to communities in their country of origin.
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Mexican groups are the most common, but immigrants from Turkey, Bolivia and many more countries have formed their own.
Local newspapers have been shuttering at an alarming rate for more than a decade.
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As digital news pioneers observed, ‘local doesn’t scale.’ Any solution to the local news crisis is going to involve reporters and editors who are creative and smart about what works for their readers.
Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre addresses the group’s members in 2022.
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The jury’s verdict followed years of allegations that the gun group’s top official and other leaders were spending money meant to benefit its members on their own luxuries.
Billionaire media owners can’t change inhospitable market dynamics.
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How can an industry experiencing systemic failure get back on its feet?
Snow covers the replica of the Statue of Liberty outside the Decatur County Courthouse in Leon, Iowa.
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Immigration may be concentrated on America’s coasts, but newcomers are putting down roots in Midwestern communities as well.
Wayne LaPierre led the NRA for more than three decades.
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Under his watch, congressional action toward gun control ground to a near halt that lasted for many years.
Scholars interviewed people living near the University of Colorado Hospital to assess whether it’s a good neighbor.
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Standards are vague, and the IRS, which is tasked with enforcement, hasn’t provided much oversight.
Former NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre arrives for his civil trial at New York State Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2024, in New York City.
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The NRA’s new leaders have to make important decisions as they confront a shaky financial future.
Sometimes it just takes one naysayer to illuminate a problem everyone else is ignoring.
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A legal scholar argues that assigning a designated contrarian and rotating this role over time will help nonprofit boards resist the dangerous pull toward passivity and deference.
Billionaire investor and Harvard alum Bill Ackman has voiced his objections to the school’s current president.
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Threats from disappointed donors over the language used during campus protests about the Israel-Hamas conflict have become angrier and more public than in the past.
The cost of that diploma could fall, depending on this little piggy’s career path.
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Many of the Americans getting this debt relief are nurses, teachers, first responders, Peace Corps volunteers and social workers.
Birders participate in the Christmas Bird Count on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2017.
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What’s in a name? A lot, if you’re an Audubon’s Oriole or a Townsend’s Solitaire.
A lead pipe in the kitchen ceiling of a home in Newark, N.J.
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For a project on identifying lead water pipes in homes, outreach through partner groups produced a more representative set of volunteers.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had a tumultuous November.
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The board is supposed to stop OpenAI from veering from its mission of building technology that benefits humanity.