This story was originally published by Mother Jones and can be read here. Last year, on Labor Day weekend, an immigration attorney named Cooper Richardson spent her Saturday calling the Phoenix-area ...

When funders insist on certain categories of evidence, they are not simply asking organizations to count things. They are determining what—and whose voice—counts.

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Whitney Shepard is Co-Executive Director of Majority Action. Her work is shaped by a background in community organizing, campaign strategy, and applied research, and by a belief that systems change ...

In 2020, almost 100 Confederate monuments were removed in the United States. One year later, 73 additional monuments to the Confederacy were removed or renamed across the country. What happened to ...

I have worked in nonprofits for my entire career. Most have been progressive organizations aiming to make a positive difference in the world. Many were fraught with problems, often due to a lack of ...

In emergency management and disaster response, a common refrain is “all disasters start and end locally.” In the first couple of hours or even days after a disaster hits, neighbors rescue neighbors, ...

This story was originally reported by Marissa Martinez of The 19th. Meet Marissa and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. This week, the Senate will take up the SAVE America ...

Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they ...

Editors’ Note: This article was originally written for the Summer 2025 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine, “Land Justice: From Private Ownership to Community Stewardship.” How do we advance land ...