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What makes a good charity? You might think of an organization that helps those who need it most; providing food to the hungry, healing the sick, housing the homeless. What…
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How You Can Give Back on Giving Tuesday
In the midst of Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and an extended stay with your beloved in-laws, the very last thing on your mind is what…
Women’s March Leadership Shows Schism Over Anti-Semitism
On Monday, Teresa Shook, the original founder of the Women’s March, called for the current leadership of the group to resign in light of their refusal to distance…
Menendez’s Reelection Makes Case for Term Limits
Think we don’t need term limits? New Jersey’s Senate election just made a strong case for them. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D), won reelection last week, despite being…
Media Matters and the “Discredited and Marginalized” Senator-Elect
This weekend, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) conceded defeat to his Republican rival, sitting Governor of Florida Rick Scott. That must have been a third shock (after Scott’s two narrow…
Theresa May Faces Brexiteer No-Confidence Petition After Milquetoast Pro-EU Brexit Arrangement
On November 15th, 2018, the second Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (commonly called “Brexit Secretary”) in the Cabinet of British Prime Minister Theresa May, Dominic Raab,…
Intersectional Issue Drift Strikes ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may be a left-leaning organization, but historically it has earned grudging respect by some on the right for an apparent internal commitment to…
Home Ownership and the American Dream
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on November 15, 2018. One lesson my book on donor intent, How Great Philanthropists Failed And How You Can Preserve Your Legacy, should…
Vote Forward’s Partisanship is Showing
Leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, many different organizations and Hollywood celebrities pleaded for U.S. citizens to get out and vote. Voter registration groups pounded the pavement and urged…
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode #50: FDA Vaping Bans & Amazon HQ2
In this episode: The Food and Drug Administration announced wide-ranging regulations on the sale of electronic cigarettes, New York and Virginia have rolled out the red carpet for Amazon at…