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The State of Local Anti-Panhandling Ordinances
November 12, 2015; Stateline As cities increasingly adopt anti-panhandling ordinances, they find themselves facing legal challenges. Teresa Wiltz reports for Stateline that that the number of cities...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Counties Say Send Us Your Huddled Masses…But Not Syrian Refugees
November 10, 2015; Daily Beast In some counties of South Carolina, we’ll bet there are few Syrian immigrants or refugees, or maybe none. That lack of exposure to Syrians hasn’t stopped Berkeley County,...
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The Agenda for Cleaning Up State Government: Michigan as a Case in Point
November 9, 2015; Center for Public Integrity The Center for Public Integrity chose not to grade states on a curve regarding their practices of secrecy, compromised ethics, and conflicts of interest....
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FBI’s “Puppet” Game Gets Poor Grade from Nonprofit Muslim Leaders
November 11, 2015; The Intercept It isn’t hard to read numerous reports about the skill of Islamic extremists in using technology and social media—and American attempts to play the same game. Game may...
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Specters and Lies: Civil Society’s Responsibility in the Wake of Paris
Paris Vigil 14-11-15 / Garry Knight In the midst of a crisis, shouldn’t political discourse stick to the facts—or at least try to veer close to a neighborhood where facts may reside? This is especially...
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The Homeless vs. the Creek Beds in Colorado Springs
November 15, 2015; The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) The headline for this article from the Colorado Springs newspaper is striking: “Messy creek beds a byproduct of generosity to homeless.” This...
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The Need for Free Health Clinics Continues Despite Reforms
November 16, 2015; Richmond Times-Dispatch In case people think that the hobbled and stumbling Affordable Care Act has solved the nation’s problems of health insurance coverage, it obviously hasn’t....
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News Stories on Syrian Refugees and American Politics—Sad, Predictable,...
November 16, 2015; NBC News It shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder are no longer alone among state government chief executives...
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A City in Remission: Can the “Grand Bargain” Revive Detroit?
“DETROIT FROM AMBASSADOR BRIDGE” BY VANCE HANNA / WWW.SAATCHIART.COM/ACCOUNT/ARTWORKS/827925 Editors’ note: This article was the last that Rick Cohen wrote for the Nonprofit Quarterly, and it was one...
View ArticleA Veterans Day Call for Cleaning Out Scamming Faux Veterans Charities
November 4, 2015; Arizona Republic Every Veteran’s Day we remember Rick Cohen, NPQ’s National Correspondent, partly because Rick died around the time this was published four years ago and partly...
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When a Nonprofit Becomes a Regulator: The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
“Rawdealsteroids4“. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.October 15, 2015; Boxing InsiderThe distinctive and exciting aspect of covering the nonprofit sector is that the presence and importance of...
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Fundraising Medicine: Creating Gift Acceptance Policies
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2002, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. A Gift Acceptance Policy specifies what kind of donations...
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