Rachel and Jon deserved every second on that stage. I also believe a Palestinian American voice deserves to be heard on that stage. I’d love to hear from Rep. Ruwa Romman and I hope the DNC will give her the chance to be heard.

We conducted a major survey on the state of civic life in America. The most jaw-dropping finding was the rapid decline in social connections among Americans without degrees. Nearly 1/4 have no close friends.

I think this is the just position. I’m not sure it’s strategically savvy (bc the optics of a unified party have been so key to the convention), but it’s the right one.

Current-day Twitter is a machine for undermining the legitimizing premises of philanthro-capitalism.

Is the situation confronting progressive nonprofits as dire as contemporary alarms might suggest? In a new HistPost post, Jeffrey M. Berry responds to a recent article by Robert Kuttner on "The Left's Fragile Foundations" & argues they are still secure. histphil.org/2024/08/27/the…

“We have become accustomed to foundations involving themselves intimately in public affairs today, often thru funding specific govt programs…It all seems so pub-spirited—until the inconvenient presence of the actual public is factored in.”William Schambra thegivingreview.com/a-courageous-r…

At this time of political uncertainty, what are the near-term risks for those nonprofits that can grant tax deductibility to donors? In this essay I argue that despite some adversity, the nonprofit sector has a bright future #nonprofits #charity histphil.org/2024/08/27/the…

"the quiet launch of the $1.5b K18n Foundation [which Michael Kavate persuasively links to Jan Koum] is yet another example of a new crop of mega-billionaires putting philanthropic infrastructure in place dwarfing the big legacy funders of yesteryear." insidephilanthropy.com/home/tech-phil…

Saquon! 🦅

At Senate Foreign Relations heading on anti-ngo laws, ranking member Jim Risch: "this is not a partisan issue, this is a bi-partisan issue, and it's an American issue." Important opening given way that similar issues have been polarized on domestic front. foreign.senate.gov/hearings/anti-…