tracking philanthropy + inequality @IPS_DC
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In “Jimmy,” Yashaddai Owens took his Bolex film camera to Istanbul and Paris to show a gifted author before he became a literary quasar. nyti.ms/4hG3juE
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The ultra-wealthy used to build libraries and public parks. Those days are over. vox.com/podcasts/493292/givi…
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“It’s a way to rinse your name off of any kind of donation that could be perceived as controversial or something that you just want to keep anonymous publicly,” DeVaan said.
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“One-third of all newspapers in America closed between 2004 and 2025. When newspapers close, local businesses commit more legal violations, local government borrowing costs grow because of decreased public scrutiny of spending decisions, people vote less…” thebaffler.com/salvos/we-use…
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Very interesting piece in The Baffler which offers up a Marxist history of literacy. Lots of Walter Ong Thought etc. thebaffler.com/salvos/we-use…
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NEW: Since 2010, some 14% of our country's billionaires have pledged to give away at least half of their wealth. Instead, most of them have collectively grown far, far richer, IPS @inequalityorg researchers found.
IPS scholar @bdevaan on @katiecouric:
katiecouric.com/news/social-…
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Not surprisingly, Starbucks declined multiple requests for comment from @msainat1 of @guardian on our new CEO pay report. This quote from our co-editor @SarahDAnderson1 will help you understand why they took a pass.
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“Despite 15 years as Giving Pledgers, 32 of the original U.S. signatories are now—in aggregate—nearly three times wealthier, with a combined net worth of $908 billion.” philanthropynewsdigest.org/n…
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A new study from the Institute for Policy Studies finds that that the wealth of many of the Giving Pledge signers is growing much faster than their charitable, tax-exempt giving.
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Fifty years after the publication of “The Power Broker,” the legacy of urban planner Robert Moses is ripe for revisiting. jacobin.com/2024/12/an-urban…
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“we should also see Caro’s book as a meditation on how democracy gives and takes away power—how the people’s will is channeled and bottled, directed and bought” @JulianaDeVaan ingenious as usual on Caro, Moses & more @jacobin jacobin.com/2024/12/an-urban…
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Philanthropy is rarely entirely selfless. But increasingly it is becoming dominated by ulterior motives.
As a new report from the Institute of Policy Studies finds, "the practice of giving money away itself has increasingly tempting financial upsides." trib.al/cip2Nj1
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I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag. Read it online and in print!
nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess…
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The charities celebrated as part of Giving Tuesday may soon be overshadowed by the Wall Street–backed charity funds the rich are using to protect their wealth and secretly support extremist causes. jacobin.com/2024/12/ultrawea…
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🚨NEWS: The rich are getting richer off pretending to be charitable.
How Wall Street and the ultrawealthy are engineering massive tax breaks off of supposed charitable giving, even if their donations never reach working non-profits 👇
levernews.com/its-dark-money…
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The battle to organize Amazon is labor’s great challenge of the 21st century — and it’s a fight the Teamsters will win.
"As our numbers grow, our power grows," @amazonteamsters organizer Dori Goldberg writes as workers across the country join the fight to unionize Amazon.
"We must set our sights on forcing Amazon to come to the bargaining table and win a strong contract."
inequality.org/research/amaz…
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In 1st part of 2-part conversation with @IPS_DC’s @bdevaan and @GivingReview’s @mhartmannmke, @TheProspect founder and co-editor @rkuttnerwrites talks about his important recent article on “The Left’s Fragile Foundations;” #philanthropy and politics in general, including funding of voter-registration projects in particular; and liberal and conservative grantmaking, including in the wake of populism’s ascendance …
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NEW: Billionaires invested in fossil fuels are quietly funding groups actively spreading climate misinformation — and getting massive tax breaks for doing so.
It's time to end this abuse of philanthropy. REPORT: ips-dc.org/report-fossil-fue…
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Wall Street’s dark-money “donor-advised funds” now make up 7 of the top 10 public charities in the US. Dozens of hate groups have received hundreds of millions in anonymous donations from them. jacobin.com/2024/07/dark-mon…
