Juneteenth 2020 Statement – Charity & Security Network
By Kay Guinane The ongoing protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis are a wake up call for the U.S. to address systemic racism and for organizations like the Charity & Security
Voices from the Field: Hazem Rihawi on the Challenges of Local NPOs in Syria
By Zach Theiler Hazem Rihawi, a native from Aleppo, Syria, told me of his journey from work as a first responder in Syria to his current home in Washington D.C. Today he advocates for
Now Is Not the Time for Bank Derisking of Charities
By Andrea Hall The global pandemic created by the rapid transmission of the novel coronavirus and the resulting outbreak of Covid-19 has affected every sector of the global economy, including nonprofit organizations (NPOs), which carry
Support for Civil Society Crucial to Covid-19 Pandemic Response
By Kay Guinane The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has forced us all to change the way we work and live, but it poses particularly difficult challenges for civil society organizations that work on the front lines
You Might Be a Foreign Agent If ….
The examination of foreign influence on U.S. elections has put a heavy focus on the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), an until-fairly-recently-somewhat-ignored law that requires those working for a
Surveillance of Civil Society is a Growing Problem
Headlines in recent weeks serve as reminders that the long-standing problem of government surveillance of civil society has not gone away. Instead it is growing into a threat to the privacy of communications of civil