Food Banks Overflow Thanks to Trump Trade Wars: Daily News Roundup

Top News

Trump’s Trade Wars Fill U.S. Food Banks to Overflowing (Financial Times — subscription)

Nonprofits Are Sidelining Banks to Take Advantage of the Latest Finance Trend (Quartz)

National Sexual-Assault Hotline Had Busiest Day in Its History After Kavanaugh Hearing (Huffington Post) Plus, see our coverage of what sexual-assault groups say they need from grant makers.

Canada Revenue Agency Suspends and Fines Islamic Charity Over Concerns it May Have ‘Provided Resources’ to Armed Militants (Global News Canada)

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Board Chairman Faults Top Doctor Over ‘Crossed Lines’ (New York Times and ProPublica)

About Big Gifts and Donors

This Psychologist Is Staking $50 Million to Help Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists (Bloomberg). See more from the Chronicle about Laurie Michaels’s philanthropy, her advice on planning for risk, and an op-ed.

Major Houston Philanthropists Pledge $50 Million to Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston Business Journal)

Arizona State U. Receives $30 Million Gift for Service School (Arizona Republic)

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Said His Cancer Has Returned, but He Will Remain Involved in Philanthropy (Forbes)

Ideas, Opinions, & Innovation

The American Dream Is Harder to Find in Some Neighborhoods (NPR)

Vancouver Is Betting Big on Modular Housing to Ease Homelessness. Can it Work Elsewhere? (Seattle Times)