Tag: philanthropy
Anonymous donor pays tuition balance for Wiley College graduates
The estimated total debt of the more than 100 students in Wiley College's class of 2022 totaled $300,000.
Flacks for the rich tell one philanthropy story, the numbers tell...
Our wealthiest give away only a fraction of what they could easily afford to give.
The disaster of philanthropy and capitalism
David W. Orr is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, and founder of The Oberlin Project. He is the author of numerous books on the environment, most recently Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward.
Is billionaire philanthropy a sham?
America doesn’t need their charity. We need them to pay their fair share in taxes.
A Model Philanthropist
Ron Read, a philanthropist and janitor from a small-town in Vermont, shocked his community by leaving behind millions for the common good—gifting the largest bequest to the local library and hospital. What a great way to restore faith in humankind.
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Spain blocks US war operations in Iran and calls conflict “profoundly illegal”
Madrid closes airspace and denies military base access, widening tensions with Washington as legal experts cite violations of the UN charter
Trump, complicity in genocide, started a terrible war; he must be removed NOW.
When will this march into Trump authoritarianism be stopped by some powerful, fearless leader?
Nuke power equals Trump profits
Amidst his escalating attacks on renewable energy and atomic safety, the Trump family’s investments in nuclear fusion live under a bad cloud that threatens us all.
How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power
The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.
Trump’s Iran war drives more than $100 billion to fossil fuel giants as global...
Analysis finds oil and gas price spikes linked to the conflict have shifted massive wealth from households and businesses to major energy companies while lawmakers propose taxing windfall profits.