Pilgrim's Progress: 10 Reasons to be Thankful for New Orleans
I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.
I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.
2morrowknight | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living
I love the Thanksgiving holiday. I love cooking great food, sharing tall tales with loved ones, and having nothing but big fun. I always use this day to reflect on where I am personally and professionally.
Lorraine Roe | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
Ok, ok, I'm thankful, your thankful. But that doesn't have to translate into mindless giving. Let's go over some helpful ground rules for making donations that I developed after working as a reporter.
Gordon Campbell | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York
Forty-nine million Americans do not have dependable access to adequate food. That's nearly 15 percent who struggle to get enough to eat, up from 11 percent a year earlier.
Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact
Facebook's user base now totals over 300 million people. The social media network thus has the potential to reach more people in a single month than l...
Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact
NBC Nightly News wraps up its weeklong celebrity causes spotlight on "Making a Difference" with country music artist Tim McGraw and his unyielding bel...
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact
In 2006, documentary filmmaker Andrew Shapter was on a tour promoting his first film, "Before the Music Dies" when someone asked him what he planned t...
Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
NEW YORK (AP) -- PepsiCo Inc., looking to freshen up the image of its namesake soda, is pledging to pay at least $20 million for projects people creat...
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
The greatest impact would come from empowering beneficiaries to have a much more direct say in what they want and how well projects are being run.
Saul Garlick | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact
What is the ideal role of the U.S. Government in connecting with rural, poor African communities? Does the U.S. Foreign Service have a responsibility to American citizens to know what is going on in the field?
Steve Larosiliere | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact
I've seen firsthand that we need alternative forms of teaching, inspiring and collaborating with youth. If we do not give them skills to compete on a global level, our society will diminish.
Bob Giloth | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green
Are theses nonprofit ventures harbingers of bigger and better things to come? It's hard to scale these businesses or even to replicate them.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
Starting this week, New York Magazine reported, a newly formed group of do-gooder designers are launching a project to lend worthy social projects som...
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.
Akhtar Badshah | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact
To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 tomorrow, Microsoft is launching a new online competition: 7 Ways to Change the World. We'll choose the best and give you, and a nonprofit, the resources to implement change.
Max Lugavere | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact
Jason and I stopped in to visit Douglas Caballero on Current Exposed to fill him in on our favorite charity causes and non-profits that need your help -- despite the economic downturn.
Joel Arquillos | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
What helps the young people we serve is one-on-one attention. If we're going to level the playing field for students attending public schools, it's essential for more volunteers to fill the gaps.
Richard Walden | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Just $7,700 was contributed online to Operation USA a full week after the recent natural disasters. This compares with over $1 million donated online within 24 hours in 2004 after the Asia tsunami.
Joe Territo | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York
Do you ever feel like way too many kid-oriented groups are shaking you down for way too much money?
Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
The truth is the future of our society lies in the apathetic hands of my generation and the one below. And quite honestly that frightens me.
The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Jeff Horwitz and Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business
Before the housing boom got underway in the late 1990s, a California nonprofit group hatched an idea to help families who qualified for government-bac...
Maria Eitel | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
For the first time in its five-year history, CGI included a cross-cutting focus called "Investing in Girls and Women." Now this isn't a total win. That said, this is an enormous step in the right direction.
Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact
This Thursday, October 1, don't miss Oprah as she embarks on an incredible hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show, featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas...
Gordon Campbell | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York
The jobless rate is at a 16-year high and we are seeing an ever-increasing demand for basic human services nonprofits provide as families lose their health care or their homes.
Stephen Macfarlane | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media
A picture taken on film has advantages -- for viewer and subject alike -- that simply don't exist in the world of digital photography.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living