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Teaming Up: Nationals Announce Higher Achievement Partnership

October 10, 2013

The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy announced today that the organization has partnered with Higher Achievement and its DC Metro affiliate to create and implement…

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What Happens to Nutrition Programs During a Government Shutdown?

October 10, 2013

The country is still figuring out the implications of the recent government shutdown. We took a look at nutrition programs and how they will be…

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Clinical Trials Continue, but Only at a Crawl

October 10, 2013

The federal government has continued to enroll critically ill people in clinical trials at the National Institutes of Health since the government shutdown began last…

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How Teach for America Founder, Wendy Kopp, Is Going Global

October 10, 2013

One Thursday evening last August at an Alpine castle in Salzburg, Austria, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp met Tatjana Oppitz, the head of IBM…

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Innovation Often Starts With the Words ‘What If?’

October 10, 2013

With government beset by perennial budget battles that make sufficient public funding for new social programs less likely, innovation to increase the reach and effectiveness…

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Should companies continue their investment in CSR or spend the money elsewhere?

October 8, 2013

A newly released study on Reputation and Corporate Social Responsibility  by Reputation Institute suggest that there is actually a strong business case when it comes…

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The Children’s Inn at NIH Remains Open During Shutdown, Serving Families and Children With Critical Needs.

October 4, 2013

Many parts of the National Institutes of Health closed as of Tuesday due to the Federal Government shutdown, but America’s Charities member, The Children’s Inn…

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Stop the Shutdown from Putting Historic Communities, Parks, and Landscapes in Jeopardy

October 4, 2013

As the federal government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, our historic communities, parks, and landscapes are in jeopardy. Join National Trust for…

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The Government Shutdown’s Impact on the Combined Federal Campaign & Nonprofit Programs

October 4, 2013

The shutdown of the federal government is shutting off access that charities get in the last few months of each year to solicit donations from…

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Featured Charity: Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America

October 4, 2013

Wishes help kids feel better – and sometimes when they feel better, they get better. Learn how you can help share the power of a…

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The No-Fly List: Where the FBI Goes Fishing for Informants

October 3, 2013

By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project at 10:21am Over the last three years, the FBI has dramatically expanded its No-Fly List of…

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Did the Wrong Man Spend 40 Years in Solitary Confinement?

October 3, 2013

It is now only a matter of weeks, or days perhaps, before Herman Wallace dies of the liver cancer that is ravaging his body. He…

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