Tag: Philanthropy

Refugees and their sponsors feel stuck after halt to programs letting communities resettle newcomers

MIAMI -- Refugees had been arriving in the United States at levels unseen in nearly three decades, assisted by nonprofits and ordinary people...

FireAid announces $50M for LA community organizations helping those impacted by fires

FireAid, the benefit concert that raised an estimated $100 million for those impacted by the Los Angeles fires last month, announced $50 million...

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

WASHINGTON -- There's the executive in a U.S. supply-chain company whose voice breaks while facing the next round of calls telling employees they...

So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

RICHMOND, Va. -- The lowly penny, the forgotten mainstay of coin jars and car cupholders everywhere, may soon be no more. President Donald...

Volunteers are now tracking what's already been lost in the USAID freeze

When U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department told their contractors to pause all work, Sadie Healy expected the impact to...

US job market likely began the year strong, but faces cloudier future

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent, but unspectacular, job growth.When...