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Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin − new research

10/18/2023 The Conversation USA

Food banks can operate on a large scale that requires expensive equipment and skilled management. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty ImagesMost food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Should they spend as much as possible on meeting the immediate needs of people who need help?

What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture

10/18/2023 The Conversation USA

American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you’d have a hard time finding a company that says it doesn’t value the principle.

Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks

10/17/2023 The Conversation USA

The attacks may have reversed a decline in philanthropy seen in recent years AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeThe U.S.

Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to Putin's Ukraine invasion

10/13/2023 The Conversation USA

The Russian economy: A Potemkin village? Getty ImagesPresident Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has come at huge economic costs. By conservative estimates, the Russian economy has taken a US$67 billion annual hit as a result of war expenses and the effects of economic sanctions.

Rising oil prices, surging inflation: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma

10/11/2023 The Conversation USA

Cars lined up for gasoline in New Jersey in 1973 as supplies ran low and prices shot upward. Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesFifty years ago, a secret deal among Arab governments triggered one of the most traumatic economic crises to afflict the United States and other big oil importers.

America's farmers are getting older, and young people aren't rushing to join them

10/10/2023 The Conversation USA

Seeking greenhorns with green thumbs. Steve Smith/Tetra Images via Getty Images

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Exxon, Apple and other corporate giants will have to disclose all their emissions under California's new climate laws – that will have a global impact

10/10/2023 The Conversation USA

Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Los Angeles refinery, California's largest producer of gasoline. David McNew/Getty ImagesLeia em português.

Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole

10/10/2023 The Conversation USA

The world's newest Nobel laureate takes a bow. Carlin Stiehl/Getty ImagesEconomic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasizing the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof, just look to the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. It’s been awarded to 90 men since 1969 – and just three women.

Why the UAW union's tough bargaining strategy is working

10/06/2023 The Conversation USA

UAW union members picket in front of a Stellantis distribution center on Sept. 25, 2023, in Carrollton, Texas.

Lego's ESG dilemma: Why an abandoned plan to use recycled plastic bottles is a wake-up call for supply chain sustainability

10/05/2023 The Conversation USA

Legos are designed to last for decades. That posed a challenge when the toymaker tried to switch to recycled plastics.

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