As Paris Talks Wrap Up, Foundations and Media Must Join Hands to Push Climate Action
Nonprofit film and news organizations can counter energy-industry influence by encouraging citizens to put pressure on policy makers.
Sale of Catalogue Business Nets Profits for Minn. Public Radio — and Top Officials
Minnesota Public Radio last month announced that it had sold its highly profitable mail-order catalogue business to the Dayton Hudson Corporation for an estimated $120-million. The sale has attracted some controversy, in part because the people who built the business and arranged the sale were…
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
‘Forbes’: A Crusader Seeks to End Alcohol Abuse
When John Hanley retired at age 61 as chief executive of Monsanto in 1983, he faced a question, says Forbes magazine (March 23): “What should he do with his still-abundant energy?” Drawing on the experiences of his wife’s personal battle with alcoholism, Mr. Hanley answered the question by…
‘Chicago Tribune’: Failures of Child Sponsorships
International-relief charities often raise money by broadcasting heart-rending appeals that urge donors to transform the lives of poor children by sending a donation and becoming a child’s “sponsor.” But those contributions often fail to reach the children whom donors were told they were helping,…
‘The New Republic’: Problems at UNICEF
‘The New Republic': Problems at UNICEF Donors should think twice before contributing to UNICEF, writes Nicholas Eberstadt in The New Republic (November 10). “There are good reasons not to drop your change into the UNICEF box,” says Mr. Eberstadt, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute…
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
‘San Francisco Bay Guardian’: Foundations Under Scrutiny
Foundations are “genteel, high-society do-gooder institutions that are becoming self-perpetuating entities that amass more and more wealth and share less and less of it,” concludes the San Francisco Bay Guardian (October 8) in a series of nine articles on philanthropy it entitled “Pulling the…
By Vince Stehle
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