Commentary | Merrill Sovner and Clare Morgana Gillis: Windham World Affairs Council represents the educational purpose of non-profit organizations The Windham World Affairs Council recently signed an open letter to reject the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM 7), entitled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Political Violence,” wh...

Many US nonprofits are reluctant to speak out against this administration's actions. My colleague and I wrote about our deliberations and decision to sign an open letter against the use of joint terrorism task forces to investigate nonprofits and foundations.

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Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 19 hours and counting The New Jersey Democrat has been criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. Monday. Here's what to know about his marathon speech.

I keep saying there should be a European-style multi-day general strike in response to the current political situation in the United States. I'm glad to see at least one Democrat is taking it on: www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...

How Informal Rules Are Used to Control Civil Society in Democracies: Lessons, and Warnings, from Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic Editors’ Note: Merrill Sovner adapts a 2019 report she co-wrote to address a particular timely question: how informal rules can be used to constrict civil society, focused on the examples of …

Watching Central Europe's experiences with closing space for civil society play out in the United States in the last month has been harrowing. Here I share some key lessons:
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