By Targeting NGOs, Trump and His Allies Take Aim at Civil Society

If We Tolerate This, We Will Be Next

Canada’s nonprofit sector is watching the U.S. civil society implode and acting like it couldn’t happen here. But it already is. “If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.” -  Manic Street Preachers, 1998 These words feel less like lyrics and more like prophecy…

‘We've seen this playbook before’: Critics warn new White House attacks are despot moves

Advocates warn in Newsweek that attacks by the Trump administration and their surrogates are the same tactics used by strongman regimes in Hungary, Russia and El Salvador.President Donald Trump is sending his officials to investigate private nonprofits' internal operations and cutting federal funding for nonprofit organizations for a reason. There is also purpose behind House Republicans passing new taxes on philanthropies that fund nonprofit wo…

Bill proposing 80% tax on NGO foreign aid may harm Diaspora Jews, Kariv warns

The bill aims to prevent indirect influence by foreign governments by taxing donations to NGOs that serve as their "agents of change."

By Targeting NGOs, Trump and His Allies Take Aim at Civil Society

As the voice of authoritarianism grows louder, we must join one another in support of the basic promise of democracy: that we can determine our own future, together.