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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanUN Experts Back Action on Bangladesh Enforced Disappearances
Click to expand Image Family members of victims of enforced disappearance allegedly committed by government agencies during the rule of the Awami League hold portraits of their relatives while asking for their return in front of the Shaheed Minar, Bangladesh, August 11, 2024. 2024 Sazzad Hossain/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo Bangladesh’s interim government has taken some positive steps to address the terrible...
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In Los Angeles, a Black-Led Community Land Trust Builds for the Future
The struggle against gentrification and for community ownership is a difficult one. But in Los Angeles, a Black-led organization remains undaunted in pursuit of its vision.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:How to Fix the Nation’s DAF System—a $250 Billion Question
A quarter of a trillion dollars—that’s the size of the nation’s donor-advised system. How can policy move this $250 billion to the operating nonprofits where it’s needed?
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination
Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could play a major role in revitalizing democratic practice at the local level.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The US Bombing of Iran—How Nonprofits and Civil Society Must Respond
US forces bombed Iran in June, then quickly declared the conflict over. But the bombings remind us that a just society won’t be realized unless militarism is contained.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:To Support Housing for All, We Must Build a Better Social Safety Net
The housing crisis is not just about housing. It is about building an ecosystem of supports so that people don’t need to borrow against their homes to meet their basic needs.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Crafting Elements of a 2029 Agenda: A New Fair Deal
What might a progressive policy agenda look like? A longtime nonprofit blogger and NPQ reader offers her starter agenda of a “New Fair Deal” for the United States.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Why We Must Center People at Housing Risk in Movement Organizing
Housing policy is often driven by “experts.” But for housing for all to become a reality, it is vital that the people most affected by the housing crisis be at the movement’s center.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Girls, Women Under Constant Threat in South Sudan
Click to expand Image Girls who had been abducted by armed groups and forced to cook in captivity during conflict in Yambio, South Sudan, hold hands during a ceremony marking their release from captivity on February 7, 2018. The abductions of women and girls by armed groups and militia has continued to take place in South Sudan’s conflict affected regions. 2018 Stefanie Glinski/AFP via Getty Images Recent attacks on...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Guatemala: Water Law Urgently Needed
Play Video Read a text description of this video SOUNDBITESMaría Osorio OsorioWe are suffering a lot because of water.Patricia Mejía PérezHonestly, knowing that there is much water in Guatemala but that here we have no freshwater is so sad.María Canalari PucarrínWe ask the government for help, that they help us with water. Because we can’t live without water.TITLEWITHOUT WATER, WE ARE NOTHING.TEXT ON SCREENGuatemala...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Trump Budget Bill Spells Trouble for Nonprofits
Sector leaders warn the massive budget package passed by the US Senate is a blow to already struggling nonprofits and communities they serve.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Cambodia: Mother Nature Activists in Prison One Year
Click to expand Image Five Mother Nature activists, from left to right Ly Chandaravuth, Thun Ratha, Yim Leanghy, Phuon Keoraksmey, and Long Kunthea, recording a podcast outside the court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 11, 2024. 2024 Private (Bangkok, July 2, 2025) – Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Parental Opt-Outs on LGBT Books Harm All Children
Click to expand Image Supporters of LGBTQ rights demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court, as the court hears oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, in Washington, DC, April 22, 2025. 2025 Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, finding that parents are entitled to opt their children out of school...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:#WeTheCivic: “America’s” Stories Can’t Be Told Without Us
Welcome to #WeTheCivic, a month-long narrative celebration of nonprofit and civil society voices fighting for our democracy—and our future.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Five European States Withdraw from Mine Ban Treaty
Click to expand Image The president of the Mine Ban Treaty, Ambassador Tomiko Ichikawa, accepts an appeal from 101 Nobel laureates from Cambodian landmine survivor Tun Channereth, who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, June 17, 2025. 2025 Mine Ban Treaty ISU (New York, July 1, 2025) – The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective...
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights
Click to expand Image Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) speaks alongside protesters criticizing the climate and energy impacts of the Republican budget reconciliation bill outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, June 3, 2025. Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images (Washington, DC)– The budget reconciliation bill passed by theUnited States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s...
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Outsourcing Cost of ‘Impact’ Data Could Mean 13 Percent More Bang for Every Charitable Buck
A recent study suggests that donors might choose more impactful organizations to support if someone else pays for the data.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:New Survey Highlights Concerns of Black Women Voters
A new survey highlights the concerns and insights of Black women voters, and the disproportionate burdens they are facing.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Police Look on as Peaceful Protesters Assaulted
Click to expand Image A policeman stands outside a hotel in Blantyre, Malawi, May 6, 2020. 2020 AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – On June 26, 2025, about a dozen weapon-wielding men inMalawi attacked demonstrators peacefully protesting the government’s handling of upcoming national elections, Human Rights Watch said today. The police’s apparent unwillingness to intervene to stop the violence or to...
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
Click to expand Image Bangladesh Federation of Worker Solidarity activists hold a rally in Dhaka on May 7, 2023 to mark ten years since the Rana Plaza building collapse that killed more than 1,130 people. 2023 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP (Brussels) – European Union member states led byFrance andGermany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains, Human...
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Design Thinking: Learnings from Holding Space with Liberatory Leaders
NPQ’s series on Liberatory Leadership as a practice continues with a consideration of how to hold space for our collective liberation.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Budapest Pride 2025: A Record Crowd Stands Up for Democracy
Click to expand Image People gather for the Pride March in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2025. 2025 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more than a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights; it was a clear...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Arrest Putin if He Visits Brazil
Emergency services work at the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 8, 2024. 2024 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka Federal prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro should ask a court to issue an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia if he visits Brazil for the summit meeting on July 6 and 7, 2025 of BRICS, the Broad Democratic Front for Human Rights, a Brazilian...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:In Hortman Killing, an Opportunity for Right-Wing Disinformation
The assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman created a feeding frenzy for disinformation.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Hurts Youth Mental Health
Trump’s spending and tax legislation, currently pending in the Senate, will hurt youth mental health, just as a new report shows how young people desperately need services.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Russia: Rising Toll of LGBT ‘Extremism’ Designation
Click to expand Image A law enforcement officer stands guard during the LGBT community rally "X St.Petersburg Pride" in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 3, 2019. 2019 REUTERS/Anton Vaganov Russian courts have issued over 100 convictions for “extremism” for participating in the “International LGBT Movement” or displaying its alleged symbols.Russian authorities weaponize and misuse the justice system as a tool in their...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:China: Building a ‘Patriots Only’ Hong Kong
Click to expand Image A flag raising ceremony on National Security Education Day at a secondary school in Hong Kong, China, April 15, 2021. 2021 Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via AP Photo China’s government has erased Hong Kong’s freedoms since imposing the draconian National Security Law on June 30, 2020.The Chinese government has largely dismantled freedoms of expression, association and assembly, free and fair elections,...
Published on: June 29, 2025 | Source:UAE: 24 Defendants Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Click to expand Image UAE Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 16, 2023. 2023 AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili (Beirut) – The recentconvictions of 24 defendants in theUnited Arab Emirates to life imprisonment were based on a fundamentally unfair mass trial, Human Rights...
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:How How Do New Yorkers Feel About Mamdani’s Win in NYC’s Mayoral Primary?
New Yorkers reflect on Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the New York City mayoral primary election.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Donor Base Continues to Decline, FEP Report Says
Even as overall dollars raised by nonprofits increased last year, the number of donors giving dropped for the fourth year in a row, marking a worrying trend in grassroots fundraising.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Holding the Line for LGBTQ+ Youth: Community, Care, and Resistance
This installment of NPQ’s column Notes from the Frontlines looks at how to support LGBTQ+ youth in a time of crisis.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Weakens Torture Protection, Media Freedom
Click to expand Image The parliament (Supreme Council) of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Mariusz Prusaczyk via Getty Images (Bishkek, June 27, 2025) – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on June 25, 2025, passed two draft laws that threaten to significantly weaken media freedom and protection against torture in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The draft Law on theOmbudsman effectively dismantles the...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
(New York) – Reforms passed byEcuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today.On June 24, 2025, the National Assemblyapproved thePublic Integrity Law. The law’s stated goals are to eradicate violence and corruption across all public offices, improve public...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:El Salvador: Police Officers Speak Out About Abuses
Police search people bus passengers during the state of emergency in Santa Ana, El Salvador, June 30, 2022. 2022 MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images Interviews with police officers and internal police documents reveal abusive practices that have led to arbitrary detention and abuse of power in El Salvador.Their accounts provide a rare insight into how the Salvadoran police have fabricated evidence to fulfill arrests...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Hold Authorities Accountable for Protesters’ Deaths
Click to expand Image Riot police patrol during a protest on June 25, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. Today's demonstration marks the first anniversary of the 2024 anti- Finance Bill protests. 2025 Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images (Nairobi) –Kenyan authorities should be held accountable for all abuses during countrywide protests on June 25, 2025, including killings, gun injuries, and beatings, Human Rights Watch said...
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