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The White Sheep of the Brown FamilyJuly 2018
John Steele Gordon
A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders
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Led to Equality
April 2018
Ashley May
A new history reveals the wealthy philanthropists behind suffrage and other feminist advances
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Supporting Better Choices
April 2018
Ryan Streeter
The best efforts against poverty reinforce what people are doing right
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Short Donation Spans
January 2018
Joanne Florino
Giving while you live can improve society long after you're gone
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Teach a Man to Teach a Man to Fish
October 2017
Andrew Evans
One doctor’s shortcut to supplying Africa with surgeons
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Battle Creek Alchemy
October 2017
Ashley May
Two philanthropic brothers achieved their radically different legacies in reactive opposition to each other
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Damaging Solutions in Search of a Problem
July 2017
John Steele Gordon
An anecdotal call for crimping America's distinctive private philanthropy
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Business, Love, and Service
April 2017
Noemie Emery
Three human impulses led to history’s number-one charitable donation
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Preservation and Prosperity
April 2017
Daniel Fishman
What could property rights do for Indian reservations?
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Males Beyond the Pale
January 2017
David Bass
An invisible army of able-bodied men are not working, and getting away with it.
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Minor Characters
October 2016
Monica Klem
The NEA and NEH have minimal roles in U.S. arts and letters.
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Improving Political Diversity on Campus
October 2016
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Can philanthropy help mend our one-party universities?
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The Quiet Man Behind the Computer Revolution
July 2016
Adam Keiper
Gordon Moore’s tech vision changed modern times. He wants his giving to change life 10,000 years from now.
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A Watchdog with Only One Eye
July 2016
Scott Walter
"The history she describes is not hidden, and the people she writes about are not radicals.” A review of author Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: This very selective “exposé” distorts reality.
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Are College Sports Out of Control?
April 2016
Leslie Lenkowsky
Gilbert Gaul argues in his new book, Billion-Dollar Ball, that athletic programs at a number of major universities have become so lucrative that it should be questioned whether they deserve to be considered part of higher education and entitled to various benefits.