Caring More for People Than Our Ideologies
Too often, philanthropy seeks to influence people we do not love. That’s dangerous, says a former faith outreach director in the Obama administration
By Michael Wear
Contributor
Dear Philanthropists: Democracy Isn’t Cheap
Our political institutions and elections are badly in need of renovation, argues a leading advocate and author
By Danielle Allen
Contributor
A Politician’s Crusade for ‘Healthy Conflict’
Progress is infinitely harder when each side thinks the other is the enemy, argues Utah’s governor, the head of a philanthropy-backed effort to model civility in politics.
By Spencer Cox
Contributor
Race Matters More Than a Red-Blue Kumbaya
Philanthropy must reckon with its racist past to truly heal divides, argues racial-equity advocate Edgar Villanueva
By Edgar Villanueva
Contributor
The Coming Attacks on Nonprofits
The far right and far left want to eliminate organizations that challenge them.
By Rachel Kleinfeld
Contributor
Once at Democracy’s Center, Nonprofits Are on the Outside
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By Leslie Lenkowsky
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Big Philanthropy to the Rescue? Think Again.
Americans shouldn’t look to nondemocratic, publicly unaccountable foundations to save democracy.
By Jeff Cain
Contributor
Manufactured ‘Truth’ and the Merchants of Outrage
How can we agree when we can’t separate fact from conspiracy? A Giving Pledge member champions nonprofits that are honest information brokers
By Melanie Lundquist
Contributor
Put Women in the Rooms Where It Happens
The power centers that will determine the future are mired in the past, says the head of Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures
By Brooke D. Anderson
Contributor
How the Fight Against Inequality Will Save Democracy
Polarization is not the cause of our alienation but rather the effect, argues the Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker.
By Darren Walker
Contributor