No matter how well-intentioned, volunteers who may be inexperienced can’t solve the entrenched and complex social problems low-income communities endure.
Attorney General of New York Letitia James has launched a probe of the NRA.
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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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The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change now that Israel has tacked to the right?
Tom Stewart fought to bring the sexual abuse that he endured as a Boy Scout to light.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is on a mission to get schools to adopt a “high-quality” curriculum. But the effort will constrain teachers and stifle creativity, an education scholar argues.
Destiny Watford and other Baltimore youth leaders derailed plans to build a big incinerator in their neighborhood.
The Goldman Environmental Prize
Kristina Marty, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Anna Amirkhanyan, American University School of Public Affairs
Showing up at school board meetings might not sound as exciting as marching in the streets. But it can be an effective way to change things at the local level.
More money but not for all.
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University