Tag: Philanthropy and nonprofits
What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value...
Brett Crawford, Grand Valley State University ; Erica Coslor, The University of Melbourne, and Madeline Toubiana, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canines go to college in this class that seeks to give...
Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg, Saint Francis University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens...
Caroline R. Nagel, University of South Carolina
As tourists head to airports this summer, American travelers are likely to...
George Soros hands control over his family’s philanthropy to son Alex,...
Armin Langer, University of Florida
Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is handing control of his US$25 billion holdings,...
Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity’s board in a...
Beth Gazley, Indiana University
On May 31, 2023, the Atlanta Police Department deployed a SWAT team to arrest Marlon...
After the ALS ice bucket challenge and the rise of MrBeast,...
Monica Lea, University of Nebraska Omaha
Stunt philanthropy is what happens when influencers, other celebrities and people who aren’t...
Craft breweries are fermenting change, addressing local ills while serving local ales
Colleen C. Myles, Texas State University
Some scholars say beer and wine – and fermentation in general – helped...
Arbor Day: Why planting trees isn’t enough
Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo
For 151 years, Americans...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
