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Unlocking the Value of Circles
For nonprofit and movement activists, working effectively in teams is critical. Peer circles offer the benefits of relational skill-building, support and belonging, and a deepened ability to tackle complex problems.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:
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US Nonprofits Risk Losing Tax Status over Israel Criticism
US nonprofits have once again found themselves at the center of a contentious debate over free speech, political influence, and the limits of advocacy.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The Trump Takeover of the US Institute of Peace—What Nonprofits Need to Know and How to Prepare
On March 17, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectively shut down the US Institute of Peace (USIP), despite its status as an independent nonprofit. As lawsuits unfold in its wake, concerns have grown across the nonprofit sector about legal protections, preparedness, and the limits of executive authority.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Ensuring Essential Sun Protection for Persons with Albinism
Click to expand Image A man with albinism covers himself in sunscreen prepared by members of an NGO on August 18, 2016, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 2016 Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Luisinho, a 26-year-old man with albinism whom I interviewed in Mozambique, faced a heartbreaking choice: either continue working outdoors under life-threatening sun exposure or quit his job selling second-hand clothes, thereby pushing...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump’s “Opening Salvo” in His War Against Criminal Justice Reform Starts With This Nonprofit
Was the Vera Institute’s federal funding cut because of its opposition to the Trump administration?
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Providence Nonprofits Reeling from Funding Cuts and Threats (And, Organizations—What You Can Do!)
Federal funding cuts leave the nonprofit sector in Rhode Island—which employs approximately 17 percent of the state’s workforce—desperately searching for alternatives. How will they fill the void?
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Why Harvard’s Decision Not to Comply with the Federal Government Matters
Harvard University recently lost $2.2 billion in federal funding for refusing to accept unreasonable demands from the Trump administration. In doing so, the university set an example of how not to comply.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Haiti: Escalating Violence Puts Population at Grave Risk
Click to expand Image A protester holds up a sign that reads in French, "Security is a right, Haiti deserves it" during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 2, 2025. AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph (Washington, DC)– Increasing violence inHaiti by criminal groups and clashes with “self-defense” groups are contributing to the dangerous insecurity facing the country’s population, Human Rights Watch said today. Criminal...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Türkiye: Students, Journalists on Trial for Protest
Click to expand Image Students protest against the detention of fellow students who joined demonstrations against the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kadiköy, Istanbul, April 8, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, April 17, 2025) –Türkiye is set to prosecute hundreds of people, mainly students, who protested the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in hasty, mass trials, scheduled to begin on...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Nonprofits Fight Back: Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Anti-Equity Orders
A new lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of advocacy nonprofits challenges three of Donald Trump’s anti-equity executive orders, arguing they violate free speech, due process, and civil rights protections, while endangering critical services for marginalized communities.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Action Now! Black Progress and the Call for a Human Rights Economy
This moment calls on Black Americans, in particular, to rise up—not just for us but especially for those yet unborn who deserve to inherit a world built on justice, not betrayal.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Hungary: Fundamental Law Changes Attack Rule of Law, Rights
Click to expand Image An LMBT+ flag at a rally in front of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on April 14. The protests erupt after the parliament passes legislation restricting the right to assembly, banning Pride Marches. 2025 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP (Budapest, April 17, 2025) – Theamendments to Hungary’s Fundamental Law represent yet another escalation in the Orbán government’s ongoing...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: President Signs Law to Curb Civic Space
Click to expand Image Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers his State of the Nation address to parliament, in Harare, October 3, 2023. 2023 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (Johannesburg) – On April 11, 2025, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law on nongovernmental organizations that sharply curtails the rights to freedom of association and expression, Human Rights Watch said today.The Private...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Economic Policies Show Need for a ‘Human Rights Economy’
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump displays a chart with proposed US tariffs at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. 2025 Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Photo On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced import tariffs – many above 40 percent, on goods from virtually every country – upending the global economy. Although now paused above a baseline 10 percent, except for China, these new...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:What’s Happening with Book Bans Under Trump?
As libraries come under fire by the Trump administration, who’s holding the line against book bans?
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Leading at the End: Supporting Your Team in an Organizational Wind Down
Good organizational endings are desirable and possible. Here are some suggestions that can help your organization to design an honorable sunset.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:In This Time of Crisis, Social Justice Philanthropy Must Change Its Tune
Philanthropy is famously risk-averse. But in times of crisis like today, philanthropic leaders interested in social justice must pursue their missions very differently.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent
Click to expand Image Protest of the National Salvation Front opposition coalition in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, on March 5, 2023, against the arrest of several public figures, including its leaders. 2023 Sipa via AP Images The Tunisian government has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy, aimed at depriving people of their civil and political rights.Following President Kais Saied’s...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Rights Defender Detained
Click to expand Image Rita Karasartova. Private (Bishkek, April 16, 2025) – Kyrgyz authorities on April 14, 2025, detained a human rights defender, claiming she has ties to a criminal case, Human Rights Watch said today. The activist, Rita Karasartova, was detained for 48 hours in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with a hearing about extending her detention set for April 16.Karasartova posted on her personal...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Arrest Spells Trouble for Elections
Click to expand Image Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu of the Chadema party faces a magistrate's court after his arrest in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 10, 2025. 2025 Emmanuel Herman/Reuters Last week, the authorities in Tanzania arrested opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu on fabricatedcharges, then used his party’s calls for electoral reform to disqualify it from participating in upcoming...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Taxation, Black Americans, and the Environment: What Altadena Teaches Us
The devastating effects of the Los Angeles wildfires on Black families in Altadena, CA, illustrate how environmental risks act as an indirect tax on Black Americans.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Putting an End to Quiet Violence: What Tax Justice Looks Like
The US tax system has long harmed Black people. While the time for reform may not seem auspicious, organizing now could pay big dividends when the time is right.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Taxes, Race, and Justice: Confronting “Quiet Violence” Against Black Americans
While the nation’s tax system may seem to be race-neutral, this is not actually the case. Black Americans disproportionately experience the economic violence of an unequal tax system. This must change.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Overcoming Fear and Seeking Solidarity: How We Must Defend Our Communities
In social change work, we don’t always get to choose our battles. When my nonprofit recently faced the opportunity to fight back, it was important to overcome our fears and defend the community we serve.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:2 years of war in Sudan
More than 100 people have been killed in Sudan this weekend as the country marks two years since a deadly escalation of war. Local peacebuilders are continuing to call for urgent humanitarian support, the protection of civilians and an immediate end to the violence. The post 2 years of war in Sudan appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:German Coalition’s Troubling Plans on Social Security
Click to expand Image People choose groceries at a food bank in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, July 21, 2022. 2022 Bernd Weißbrod/AP Photo The April 9 coalitionagreement between Germany’s Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and Social Democratic Party is unfortunately a return to a harsh social security system packaged as “reform” and “simplification.” Rather than addressing the growing number of...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:The EU Should Press Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image Top row: Lok Bahadur Ghaley; Rinzin Wangdi; Chandra Raj Rai; Kumar Gautam. Bottom row: San Man Gurung; Birkha Bdr Chhetri; Omnath Adhikari; Chaturman Tamang. Private (Brussels) – TheEuropean Union should pressBhutanese authorities to release dozens of political prisoners held for decades in dire conditions, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. An EU human rights dialogue with...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Plastics Reform, Regulation Urged by Los Angeles Reproductive Justice Group
Click to expand Image The Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles, California, March 9, 2020. 2020 Lionel Hahn/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Photo The California state government in the United States should better regulate plastics, says the south Los Angeles-based reproductive justice organizationBlack Women for Wellness. The organization, which interviewed local community members for itsnew report on plastics, calls on...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Journalists, Activist Summoned for Investigations
Click to expand Image Beirut Lebanon, November 16, 2015. 2015 Bilal Hussein/AP Photo (Beirut) –Lebanese journalists, media organizations, and civil society groups are facing the repeated use of criminal defamation charges and other vague legal provisions in response to their work alleging corruption and financial mismanagement in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 10, Lebanon’s public prosecution...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court Considers Whether States May Prevent People Covered by Medicaid from Choosing Planned Parenthood as Their Healthcare Provider
A Supreme Court case weighs whether patients on Medicaid can choose Planned Parenthood as their healthcare provider.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:How the Trump Administration Is Undermining Civil Rights Law—and How Nonprofits Can Fight Back
As civil rights protections are increasingly undermined, nonprofits are confronting a difficult question: How do they remain faithful to their missions when the legal system designed to protect their work is being turned against them?
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:Facing Our Dobbs Moment for Disability Rights
The Dobbs decision’s impact extends far beyond reproductive rights. In particular, the rights of people with disabilities are also affected. Here is how to fight back.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:UN Landmines Resolution Highlights Human Rights Impact
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. 2019 Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP (Geneva, April 14, 2025)– The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines at a...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:EU Border Agency: Use Aerial Surveillance to Save Lives at Sea
Click to expand Image Médécins Sans Frontières rescue crew help a man on board following a rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 20, 2024. 2024 Mohamad Cheblak/MSF (Brussels, April 14, 2025) – Frontex, theEuropean Union’s Border and Coast Guard agency, should ensure that its aerial surveillance capacity is used to save lives at sea, Human Rights Watch said today. The organization met with Frontex...
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:EU-PA Dialogue Should Focus on Palestinians’ Rights
Click to expand Image European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (L) and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at a press conference following their meeting in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, March 24, 2025. 2025 Nasser Nasser/AP Photo (Brussels, April 14, 2025) – European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas and EU foreign ministers should focus on the protection of Palestinians’ rights during the...
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