Forbes |
Pakistan’s Educator Madonna Wants You To Know
Forbes Her name is Humaira Bachal. At age 12, she began teaching friends after school in the slums of Karachi. At age 13, she made a formal classroom outside her home by installing a chalkboard to teach other children who could not attend school at the end of … |
Jewish Daily Forward |
Theater J Cancels Middle East Festival, Prompting Censorship Debate
Jewish Daily Forward Washington — The Jewish theater company in the nation’s capital is struggling to find its footing in the face of increasing efforts by donors and funders to steer it away from dealing with controversies related to Israel. Theater J, a nationally … |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
Black Arts Think Tank begins mission of supporting local African-American arts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A few years ago, the Wisconsin Arts Board convened a meeting at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to address issues related to small arts organizations. It was a meeting filled with tales of arts groups on the financial precipice, facing … “I’ve … |
BloombergFrats Back in Spotlight as UVA Rape Report Spurs OutrageBloombergThere have been more than 75 fraternity-related deaths since 2005, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. A Rolling Stone article last week told the story of a UVA freshman who…
KUOW News and Information |
For The Next Food Drive, Go For The Canned Tuna, Not The Saltines
KUOW News and Information Healthfulness isn’t typically a well-intended food donor’s top concern, says hunger advocate Ruth Solari. The ramen and marshmallows, along with a container of Crisco and a few other items, were basically the entire contents of a food box delivered to … |
Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog) |
Brown Student Attempting to Open New England’s First Cat Cafe
Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog) Over the weekend, Brown graduate student Amanda Davis began a $65,000 Indiegogo campaign to bring the first permanent cat cafe to New England. Inspired by the popular Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium in London, Cat Town in Oakland, and KitTea in San … |
Giving During a Crisis – 10 Ideas to Consider Before You DonateHuffington PostKudos to the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, who, among other donors, have responded no…
Haaretz |
Wellesley Jewish alums stop donations after Hillel firings
Haaretz In addition, some loyal alumnae, upset about the lack of transparency and suddenness of the firings — which Wellesley staff and faculty insist were not related to the uptick in anti-Israel activity on campus, and whose timing is coincidental — said … |
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Watchdog: Christian Trinity Broadcasting Network faces rape claim in court
OCRegister Plant a seed” philosophy, many donors believe that sending money to the network will reap divine rewards later on. • TBN is …. Did she tell her grandmother what happened in her own words, or did she just listen as her mother related the details? But … |
Foreign Policy |
Hagel Pushed Out Amid Concerns Over His Handling of Islamic State Fight
Foreign Policy It’s not clear who among the potential candidates can claim to have expertise in dealing with terrorism-related threats. Hagel’s departure follows significant losses in the just … The majority of these remaining candidates are “political nominees … |