Who Pays: The True Cost of Incarceration on Families
Each year, the United States spends $80 billion to lock away more than 2.4 million people in its jails and prison – budgetary allocations that outpace spending on housing, transportation and higher eduction.
Gap To End On-Call Scheduling For Workers
Gap Inc. announced Wednesday that it would end on-call scheduling for employees at its stores by the end of September, making it the latest retailer to drop a practice increasingly seen as unfriendly to working families. In a post on a company blog, Andi Owen, global president for Banana Republic, said Gap Inc.’s various brands had been …
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Court backs Obama on minimum wage, overtime for home health aides
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed a victory to the Obama administration on Friday, ruling that the Department of Labor can make home-care providers eligible for the minimum wage and overtime pay.The three-judge panel on the federal court of appeals reversed the decision of a lower court, stating that the administration’s …
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NCF Oral History: Never Felt Like An Outsider
Andrew Lee, Former Trustee + Ernest Tollerson, Former Trustee
NCF Oral History: Passions Of Family, Trustees And Staff. A Focus For The Foundation
Lance Lindblom, Former President & CEO + Rachel Durchslag, Former Board Vice Chair
Rolling in Sackcloth and Ashes
“This morning, I awoke under the watchful eye of that certificate into a living nightmare. Reports about the shooting at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, dominated my social media feed as texts from friends and colleagues poured in. Some expressed sorrow. Others shock. Yet, the most visceral feeling in my gut was rage. Nine …
NCF Oral History: Seeding The Field Of Arts And Social Justice
Claudine Brown, Former Director, Arts & Culture Program + Maurine Knighton, Former Director, Arts & Culture Program
Can Southern Company Shareholders Persuade Its Board to Stop Supporting Climate Change Denial?
The Nathan Cummings Foundation and other Southern Company investors publicly voiced concerns about the company’s board of directors ahead of its annual meeting of shareholders this month. One point of particular concern was Southern’s support for controversial climate change skeptic Wei-Hock (Willie) Soon. Read more (via Huffington Post)
With victory in L.A., the $15 minimum wage fight goes national
On Labor Day last year, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti went to a celebration in a park on the south end of the city and announced what he called “the largest anti-poverty program in the city’s history”: boosting the minimum wage to $13.25 per hour by 2017. It was an ambitious move for a town …
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NCF, Other Major Foundations Call on SEC to Require Public Company Disclosure of Political Spending
Secret money in politics, especially the corporate variety, has been controversial ever since the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case. Now, about 70 charitable foundations are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to end that secrecy. Read more or listen to the story (via NPR)
Saqib Bhatti: Chicagoans Need a Financial Plan That Puts Neighborhoods First
On Tuesday night, Chicago voters reelected Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a race that was widely perceived as a showdown between the neoliberal and progressive wings of the Democratic Party. However, the election outcome should not be seen as a rejection of a real progressive agenda with alternatives to austerity. Emanuel defeated Jesus “Chuy” Garcia at …
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NCF Oral History: Permission To Take Chances, Make Mistakes And Be Who We Are
Rachel Durchslag, Former Board Vice Chair + Amy Sorensen, Associate
NCF Oral History: With Privilege Comes Responsibility
Jaimie Mayer, Trustee + Danielle Durchslag, Former Trustee
NCF Oral History: A Hub to Connect – to Re-charge
Michael Cummings, Trustee + Jason Cummings, Associate