Author: The Opportunity Agenda

Last last week, the one millionth site was created on the social network Ning.  For individuals and organizations (including nonprofits) for whom Facebook is not giving them exactly what they need, there’s Ning, which...

Article 1 of the International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment provides, in simple terms, that “torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average inches upward, there will be a strong temptation—especially from financial news outlets—to equate recovery by shareholders with the recovery of economic security in our country....

This week’s blog roundup will cover state news and lots of new studies and reports. This week’s highlight is the announcement from the top two labor federations, AFL-CIO and the Change to Win federation of a...

Much has been made of the vitality that President Obama brings to the White House.  To be sure, this is in part the story of his relative youth—only Clinton, Grant, Kennedy, and Theodore Roosevelt were younger when...