Nonprofits in the age of doubt

Nonprofits face a series of interlocking crises in the second Trump administration.

May 18 • David Dagan

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Residual resisters: The nonprofit sector in the age of Trump

by John MacIntosh

May 18

For nonprofits, there's no going back

America’s old system of federally funded nonprofits is gone. What comes next?

May 18 • Daniel Stid

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The Alice Waters theory of social change

Alice Waters grew up in post-World War II America, the first era of mass market processed foods.

May 18 • Eboo Patel

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Nonprofits should resist politicization first

Public trust is their most precious commodity, and politics erodes it.

May 18 • Greg Berman

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What Silicon Valley can learn from the Eastern Establishment

A new elite is grasping for a vision of leadership. The Gilded Age aristocracy did not provide the right blueprint. Their sons and daughters did.

May 14 • Geoff Kabaservice

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April 2026

For better tech, we must think bigger than content moderation

Content-focused policies risk censoring speech without fixing the underlying business model that pushes noxious material where it will do the most…

Apr 6 • Kristen Collins

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March 2026

Hegseth’s war on Anthropic is the wrong answer to the right question

The government is too reliant on private software vendors for core mission work and AI will make this much worse. Forcing companies to work at gunpoint…

Mar 6 • Gabe Menchaca

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February 2026

We will never grow out of our tech adolescence if we let it become autocratic

If AI is not deliberately designed to advance democracy, it can empower authoritarians. We should not assume they will only be in China.

Feb 27 • Nicole Schneidman

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January 2026

Taming Big Tech

Remember the “techlash”?

Jan 29 • David Dagan

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The need for a media temperance movement

Americans used to drink like fish.

Jan 29 • Brink Lindsey

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Blinded by the glare

We cannot take on Big Tech because we cannot even see the problem.

Jan 29 • Adam Garfinkle

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