September has a long history of being a tough month for the stock market. This has been particularly true over the past decade, based on the average year-to-date percentage change in the S&P 500 during Septembers (chart). But when September was weak in the past, it often provided| Yardeni QuickTakes
If philanthropy is serious about helping advance a new majoritarian politics, it will have to shift away from identity frames.| www.insidephilanthropy.com
This widely popular regulation protects 58.5 million acres of national forests and 1,600 at-risk species. The Trump administration wants gut it. The post The Roadless Rule Is on the Chopping Block — and So Are Our Wildest Forests appeared first on The Revelator.| The Revelator
With Trump now taking aim at mail-in voting, philanthropy’s role in supporting the right to vote has become all the more critical, and it’s not just “democracy funders” who need to step up.| Inside Philanthropy
The Trevor Project’s Emergency Lifeline Campaign for LGBTQ+ Youth has already raised approximately $18 million from more than 17,000 donors.| Inside Philanthropy
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) has built a network for collaboration, information-sharing, research and relationship-building.| Inside Philanthropy
Let me throw a minority report opinion at you: John Bolton may have made the FBI investigation—including the raid on his home—happen on purpose. The post John Bolton and the MIHOP Gambit appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
US media has been helping Trump by allowing itself to be sucked into the noodly vortex with outrage du jour instead of holding Trump accountable. The post Flying Spaghetti Monster = Trump’s Effort to Evade Epstein Files Scandal appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
JP Richardson is a wealthy crypto mogul who hosted an industry event for Trump. He is also a major Trump donor.| Revolving Door Project
Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.| The Revelator
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?| Revolving Door Project
I helped restore wetlands that kept the Gulf coast safe while my colleagues tracked hurricanes. Now we’re out of a job — just in time for hurricane season.| The Revelator
The administration says animal welfare laws in California are raising egg prices nationwide.| Sentient
The deadly Texas floods will not be the last manifestation of extreme weather turbocharged by fossil fuel pollution. In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather storms, and adapt for the future.| Revolving Door Project
The Stock Market Vigilantes have spoken. They don't like tariffs, and they don't like mass firings of federal workers. That's because they don't like stagflation, and they fear that Trump 2.0's focus on these measures could cause a recession with higher inflation. They really didn't like President Donald Trump's| Yardeni QuickTakes
A conversation with the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Elisha Smith Arrillaga on the domino effect of federal funding cuts.| www.insidephilanthropy.com
Parade goers in Washington to encounter massive security presence; critics call event an authoritarian display of power that is wasteful.| DAWN.COM
The fund will leverage over half a billion in commitments from grantmakers like Gates and ELMA. It stresses that upending maternal and infant deaths means letting local experts lead.| www.insidephilanthropy.com
These three community foundations are gauging the scope of regional need, providing emergency grants and helping grantees diversify revenue streams.| www.insidephilanthropy.com
Update: On June 5, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman ruled that the Trump administration’s slashing of AmeriCorps programs likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act, siding with 24 states that challenged the cuts. The court ordered the restoration of the affected programs and reinstatement of certain AmeriCorps members. The gutting of AmeriCorps is yet another callous […]| Revolving Door Project
In this interview with TVO The Agenda’s Steve Paikin, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert discusses his recent trip to the White House, the impact that the Trump administration's policies will have on cyber security worldwide, and why Canadians should be concerned by a potential bilateral surveillance agreement with the U.S.| The Citizen Lab
“I would hate to look back in five or 10 years at this moment and think, wow, what we could have done right now could have prevented so much.”| Sentient
Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.| Sentient