Despite help from the government and charities, the number of food-insecure kids is rising.
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An estimated 1 in 4 US children have trouble getting enough to eat at least sometimes. We asked four scholars for their insights..
Food pantries can be a source of fresh produce.
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The boxes and bags people get from food pantries contain healthier food than you might suspect.
Henry Bergh (in top hat) stopping an overcrowded horsecar, from Harper’s Weekly, Sept. 21, 1872.
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A fast-moving equine flu cratered the US economy in the fall of 1872, showing all too clearly that horses were essential and deserved better treatment.
Jeff Bezos is pouring $10 billion into the fight against climate change.
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Rather than pump money into a broken system, people like Jeff Bezos and Charles Koch could use their money to help fix it – by insulating politics from money.
A volunteer hands out food boxes in Los Angeles before Thanksgiving.
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Nonprofits are being forced to do more with less money, which may force many of them to close within the next couple of years.
These NAACP leaders met at a 1916 conference.
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The influential civil rights group got its start following a wave of brutal white-led violence against Black people in Springfield, Illinois.
College students participating in philanthropy-based courses are 38% more likely to graduate.
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At Northern Kentucky University, students award grants to nonprofits in need. A study found that the program is paying off in other ways as well.
The former Trump aide and others allegedly misused funds donated to build a border wall.
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A nonprofit law expert explains the federal case against the former Trump adviser.
Lights, camera, learn!
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For starters, why not have Hollywood team up with teachers to make education more entertaining?
The suit alleges improprieties by Wayne LaPierre and other current and former NRA officials.
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NRA executives allegedly benefited personally from the improper use of its funds.
Health care workers at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri, wear face shields donated by students from Camdenton High School in Camdenton, Missouri.
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The COVID-19 outbreak presents many opportunities for students to develop needed solutions to real-life problems, says a researcher overseeing school project to produce personal protective equipment.
Some schools have staff on hand to encourage students to get active during recess.
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From health care to social work, America’s public schools bridge many gaps for children and their families.
Thousands of Americans, including James Kretschmer, say they experienced sexual abuse as Boy Scouts.
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This reorganization may provide roadmaps for other nonprofits to follow if they face abuse allegations in the #MeToo era.
Allegations of sexual abuse can taint an aid group’s image.
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Save the Children’s reputation appeared to bounce back faster than Oxfam’s after public perception of both groups soured around the same time.
This might be a church. Or not.
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A growing number of groups you probably wouldn’t think are churches are opting to be treated like churches. And the government isn’t stopping them.
Nonprofit leaders aren’t particularly diverse.
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Leaders like Ford Foundation President Darren Walker are the exception.
Susan Stamberg interviewed President Jimmy Carter during a National Public Radio call-in program in 1979.
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From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
Rewarding charities that scrimp is less strategic than it sounds.
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Trying too hard to keep spending low can make organizations struggle and take a toll on their staff.
Eight charities will get the Trump Foundation’s remaining assets.
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Under a settlement reached with New York authorities, he must give US$2 million to nonprofits out of his own pocket. And if he wants to start another foundation, Trump must submit to close supervision.
Kids in South Sudan await a daily meal from World Vision.
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Not everyone’s a fan of this fundraising approach. But it does bring the needs of children in developing communities to the attention of many Americans.