Pablo Eisenberg

The spirit of the medieval Inquisition is not yet dead.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has since the early part of the decade been tightening the guidelines that govern grantmaking by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, a foundation that distributes about $8 million a year to some 250...

As the 2012 elections focus debate on the nation's priorities, it's time for nonprofits to figure out how they can best serve a society increasingly divided over ideology, class and financial scarcity.

The recent record has not been encouraging. Drastic cutbacks in government aid and the stagnant growth in foundation...

Under a big headline on the front page of The Washington Post last week came the news that a local billionaire had provided $7.5-million to restore the Washington Monument, which has been closed to the public since it suffered serious damage in this summer's East Coast earthquake.

It...

The death this month of William Aramony, who spent six years in jail for misusing more than $1-million in United Way of America money when he served as its chief executive, is a reminder of the time when nonprofit miscreants were larger than life, their careers marked by tremendous energy...

When progressives and their organizations voted enthusiastically for President Obama in 2008, they never thought their candidate would turn out to be a middle-of-the-road politician, a compromiser without much courage or principle, a massive ego surrounded by fawning toadies and a leader lacking judgment in his selection of advisers, especially...

Mohandas Gandhi, the great leader most responsible for ending British colonialism in India, visited London shortly after Indian independence. On his arrival he was asked by a journalist how he liked western civilization and democracy. He replied," It could be a good idea". Were Gandhi resurrected to visit the U.S....

President Obama's capitulation on tax cuts for the very wealthy and his proposed cuts in anti-poverty programs combined with the reluctance of progressive nonprofits to fight for their disadvantaged constituencies have placed low income and working class people in an increasingly tenuous position.

President Obama gave a moving speech...

Last December the Smithsonian Secretary, Wayne Clough, ordered the removal of a short video that was part of the first major exhibit in art history to focus on gay/lesbian works of art. The video by artist David Wojnarowicz included an 11-second segment showing ants crawling over a crucifix, which some...

The incidence among nonprofits of malfeasance, fraud, excessive compensation, conflicts of interest and poor governance appears to be increasing throughout the country, thereby potentially jeopardizing public confidence in the sector. Contrary to the claims of charity apologists, there are a huge number of "rotten apples" in the nonprofit barrel.

Yet...

American universities and colleges are riddled with a caste system that violates our societal sense of fairness, justice, and decency. Neither the general public, nor parents, nor the large majority of students are even aware of its existence. College administrators and tenured faculty, who are acutely aware of the system,...

American tennis appears to be losing its appeal to sports fans who no longer have outstanding tennis players like Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras to root for and follow. With the exception of Andy Roddick, American players rarely appear in the finals of the U.S. Open anymore.

In the end, ACORN did not have the resources to transform itself into an effective, well managed national network.

Its embezzlement scandal, poor management and the failure of top leadership triggered the unraveling of the substantial organization that at its peak claimed more than 400,000 grassroots members. The decades-long...