A new group of wealthy donors, including the founders of Moderna and Canva, are promising away their fortunes by joining the Giving Pledge.

In 2020 and 2021, as the twin crisis of COVID-19 and the recession overtook the world, some experts predicted that up to one out of three nonprofits were at risk of folding. But not because of donor apathy. In fact, the pandemic dramatically increased ...

The Pledge of Allegiance is a forced display of performative patriotism rooted in nativism, bigotry, and salesmanship. Originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892, the pledge was written as part of a patriotic public school program to commemorate the ...

Social media users ripped into Vice President Kamala Harris for appearing to get the words to the Pledge of Allegiance wrong in the U.S. Senate on Friday. Before swearing in the senators of the 119th Congress, Harris led the pledge and accidentally mixed ...

When Aurora James launched the Fifteen Percent Pledge three years ago, it was a call to action that spread like wildfire. It’s only fitting that entrepreneur, fashion pioneer, social activist, and now best-selling author James — whose first name Aurora ...

A new study evaluating the Giving Pledge’s effectiveness says the 15-year-old effort — started by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett — to push the world’s wealthiest to give away at least half of their fortunes has largely failed.

Summer Rocheleau, an Ephrata resident, has been leading the Pledge of Allegiance at council meetings for over two years. After she finished leading the council in the pledge, Wednesday night, she was recognized by Mayor Bruce Reim,

Those seeking to revise a Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District directive on recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as defenders of the board’s December 2024

One member of Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge isn't satisfied with how his fellow billionaires have responded to the challenge to give away the majority of their fortunes. "Bill Gates and Warren Buffett organized a kind of institution that ...

A recent dispute at a Florida public school related to the Pledge of Allegiance raises an interesting question about student rights, at least in two states. The dispute, according to school and police reports in Lakeland, Florida, started when a student ...

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