How can the nonprofit sector stay true to its values?
Nonprofits are facing funding cuts and threats to their tax-exempt status. Nonoko Sato is the president and CEO of the Council of Council of Nonprofits of Minnesota. She believes that the most vulnerable communities bear the weight of these challenges because their survival literally depends on it.
Sri Lanka slipped into a severe economic crisis in 2022 and was bankrupt. Her party's landslide in the parliamentary elections in November 2024 signaled the population's wish for a new political start. The country has experienced many serious crises in recent years, be it the war with Tamils, the Tsunami, the terrorist attack on Easter 2019, Corona and more.
Security Council Not Doing Enough To Protect Humanitarians, UN Relief Official Says
The UN Security Council's member states met on Wednesday to discuss the safety and security of humanitarian staff operating in armed conflict zones. Joyce Msuya, the UN's deputy relief chief, asked the council to take concrete action to protect aid workers. Last year was the deadliest on record for humanitarians, with 377 killed across 20 countries and many more injured, …
Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has accused Ukraine of supporting terrorist groups in the Sahel region. He met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to discuss regional security threats. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger accuse Ukraine of arming and training Tuareg rebels and jihadist insurgents.
‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour
Michael Naughton launched the Bristol University Innocence Project to address the growing problem of wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system. The project was inspired by the Post Office Horizon scandal and the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has come under scrutiny for its errors.
Trump's policy pushes can cause immediate problems for families, consumers and business leaders. Trump reshaped the Republican coalition to rely more heavily on low-propensity voters. Trump pulled his nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik as U.N. ambassador because he didn't want to take a chance that Democrats would flip her seat in the House.
High school student group holds sexual violence vigil, calls for Cambridge councilor to resign
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School student group hosted a vigil for sexual and gender-based violence survivors Monday evening. Title IX Aurelia Advocates, a sexual violence advocacy organization at CRLS, held the vigil outside Cambridge City Hall before Monday’s council meeting. Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner refused to resign after being charged with paying for sex at a Greater Boston brothel …
Israel's leaders have various goals for their expanding ground and air assault in Gaza. They agree on the primary objective to squeeze Hamas into releasing hostages still being held in the enclave. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had "moved up a gear" in Gaza, capturing more territory, hitting militants and carving up the coastal strip.
Meet the Canadian business leaders running for Parliament
All the major federal parties are running on strengthening Canada’s economy and responding to threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. MPs with a deep knowledge of innovation, business and the economy should prove even more valuable in the next Parliament than usual.
This is the final column for The Times Book Review. The author wants to write to Times readers rather than to Twitter or to Slack. He wants to address what people really think and believe but are often too afraid to say. He didn't want his positions to be guided by what others think.