Gay-Rights Focus Turns to Stopping Violence and Intolerance
With a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court on gay marriage, activists are setting their sites on transgender issues, fighting discrimination in places like Uganda, and getting more financial support.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Planned Parenthood Funds Intact in Adopted Spending Bill
With Democrats joining a portion of the Republican majority, Congress cleared a stopgap spending measure Wednesday that will keep the federal government running through December 11 and fully funds Planned Parenthood, reports The Washington Post.
Hearing Raises Issue of Planned Parenthood Leader’s Salary
U.S. News & World Report and The New York Times examine Cecile Richards’s compensation following a hearing Tuesday in which House Republicans raised the issue.
Donna Shalala’s Condition Improving After Stroke Tuesday
The Clinton Foundation issued a positive prognosis Wednesday for its president’s recovery from a stroke she suffered shortly after the close of the Clinton Global Initiative conference, The New York Times writes.
Ex-Lincoln Center President to Join Robin Hood Foundation
The anti-poverty charity the Robin Hood Foundation has named Reynold Levy, who led the performing-arts venue for more than a decade and chronicled the experience in a recent book, as its new president, The New York Times reports.
$45-Million Gift to Drexel U., and $20 Million to U. of Washington
Drexel University’s School of Public Health has been renamed for Dana Dornsife and her husband, industrialist David Dornsife, in recognition of a $45-million donation, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie Ballmer, have given $20 million to the University of Washington School of Social Work, the Puget Sound Business Journal writes.
Charity Billboard Raises Dating App Firms’ Ire Over STD Link
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s sign in Los Angeles urging users of mobile dating apps Tinder and Grindr to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases has drawn protests from the two companies, the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian write.
Charity Groups Assail Donald Trump’s ‘Backdoor Tax on Giving’
The Republican presidential contender would curtail charitable deductions for high-income people by expanding the “Pease limitation.”
$100-Million Gift Creates Global Conflict Resolution Institute at University of Chicago
The gift from the Thomas L. Pearson and the Pearson Family Members Foundation is the second largest ever for the institution.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Donna Shalala Has Stroke as Clinton Global Initiative Closes
The 74-year-old Clinton Foundation president fell ill Tuesday evening shortly after the end of the charity’s signature annual event, reports The New York Times.