Online Fundraising Campaign Raises $14 Million In 24 Hours
What does it take to raise $14 million dollars in one day? A lot of Minnesotans, Tonic reports. Minnesota nonprofit fundraising campaign, GiveMN chal...
What does it take to raise $14 million dollars in one day? A lot of Minnesotans, Tonic reports. Minnesota nonprofit fundraising campaign, GiveMN chal...
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Style
Fashionphiles flocked to the first annual Frocktail Party on November 12th, eager to bid on a bevy of designer dresses up for auction in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
The Denver Post | Michael Riley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver
Republican candidate Jane Norton was in town Monday for a big-money fundraiser at a Capitol Hill townhouse owned by partners of Williams & Jensen, a p...
Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media
Donors tend to feel empowered after the donation. Donating seems to create a sense of belonging to the community, and the donors also feel a sense of participation in the journalistic process.
Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business
I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...
Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact
National smoothie chain Jamba Juice has launched a fundraising campaign to benefit school PTAs, the Orange County Register reported. School PTAs who ...
Ari Melber | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Liberal online activists have been using donor strikes for a long time. However, the current wave of strikes and rumblings on gay rights might turn into an ad-hoc, financially relevant coalition.
HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact
Islamic communities in America have experienced a harsh backlash of popular opinion following the attacks at Fort Hood, in which 13 people were shot t...
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
There is a gay boycott of the Democratic Party afoot, and it has the potential to turn into something that leads to real change in American politics.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Though Democrats in Congress may seem in a state of upheaval over health care reform and climate change legislation, the GOP's lackluster fundraising ...
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact
What do a nightclub promoter, a set of adopted twins, and 30 spray-painted driveways have in common? They're all part of one Midwest community's missi...
Eric Klein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact
CAN-DO was born out of my own frustration with the system and the critical need I saw to hold charitable organizations accountable for hard-earned donations and to the communities they serve.
Wall Street Journal | BRODY MULLINS and T.W. FARNAM | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
Some of the biggest Wall Street firms are back in the political-spending game after hunkering down while they were getting government bailout funds....
Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact
On the heels of completing a marathon on behalf of a national eating disorder association, musician Alanis Morisette has pledged to run another. She i...
Linda Mason | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books
Many Americans know about the inspiring book clubs of female media celebrities like Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey. Most have not heard about unsung book club heroes like Rufi Natarajan.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) has a sad story to tell about how he lost a friend in Washington. "I came here in 1998. I served with a guy named Jim Malo...
Jamie Court | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
Obama owes San Franciscans some honest answers about how his health care plan lives up to the progressive legacy.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
I'm sure his speechwriters have cooked up something special for Saturday, but I've got a few ideas of my own. I've written a speech for the beloved President -- the kind of speech we wish the man would give, just once.
The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver
The campaign for U.S. Senate candidate-come-lately Andrew Romanoff said Tuesday that it had raised more than $200,000 in the 21 days he was eligible t...
MSNBC Giving | Posted 09.28.2009 | Impact
NEW YORK - The Clinton Global Initiative gathered more than $8 billion in pledges at this year's summit, surprising its organizers who had worried tha...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
The Washington Post reports that harsh rhetoric about big business is costing Democrats campaign funds. The Post reports that the majority of the fun...
HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing Wednesday on the plight of minorities in the current economic crisis. The hearin...
Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact