Claire Dunning
@cdunning.bsky.social
Historian at UMaryland. Author of NONPROFIT NEIGHBORHOODS. I study the policy and politics of cities, nonprofits, philanthropy, and welfare.
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On the one hand, this is great. But I feel about this like I do about heartwarming "go fund me" campaigns. It's great that people are stepping up, but public goods should be supported with public funds.
Donations to PBS and NPR surged after Congress eliminated $550 million a year in federal funding for public broadcasters across the U.S. last week.
Donations to NPR and PBS Stations Surge After Funding Cuts
Donors are turning out to support local stations, but those contributions so far fall well short of the annual $550 million that Congress cut.
trib.al
July 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On the one hand, this is great. But I feel about this like I do about heartwarming "go fund me" campaigns. It's great that people are stepping up, but public goods should be supported with public funds.
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This is why relying on charity to fund essential services is a truly wild policy choice.
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is why relying on charity to fund essential services is a truly wild policy choice.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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All universities right now need to be making this case to the public why universities and our scientific research matters. But let’s promote our humanities and social sciences too!
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
All universities right now need to be making this case to the public why universities and our scientific research matters. But let’s promote our humanities and social sciences too!
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“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Seems that Paul, Weiss has forgotten the legacy of one of its named partners: Lloyd Garrison (1897-1991) as in Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison.
Great-grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and staunch defender of free speech, civil rights, and labor unions.
Great-grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and staunch defender of free speech, civil rights, and labor unions.
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Seems that Paul, Weiss has forgotten the legacy of one of its named partners: Lloyd Garrison (1897-1991) as in Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison.
Great-grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and staunch defender of free speech, civil rights, and labor unions.
Great-grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and staunch defender of free speech, civil rights, and labor unions.
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#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan.
A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan.
A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
docs.google.com/document/d/1...