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    Category: Policy Analysis

    Charitable Solicitation Registration: What Nonprofits Need to Know

    FRANK DeVITO Senior Counsel and Director of Content, Napa Legal     Most states regulate nonprofits’ fundraising activities through charitable solicitation registration requirements. Basically, that…

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    Guest Contributor May 13, 2026

    Why People Stay Stuck in Poverty: Understanding the Welfare Cliff

    James Whitford Co-founder & CEO Read more from James   Listen to this article:   Jumping off the welfare cliff can feel like an impossible…

    James Whitford
    James Whitford April 6, 2026

    Why Welfare Work Requirements Work

    James Whitford Co-founder & CEO Read more from James     When work requirements for SNAP benefits (also known as food stamps) were waived by…

    James Whitford
    James Whitford March 15, 2026

    Food Aid Should Be Linked to a Willingness to Work

    James Whitford Founder & CEO Read more from James     In his 1935 State of the Union address, FDR made it clear that “The…

    James Whitford
    James Whitford November 5, 2025
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    How to Do Redemptive Welfare Reform

    RACHEL FERGUSON Guest Contributor   Listen to this article:   President Donald Trump’s governing style is chaotic, confusing, and abrupt. Compared to past presidents’ methods, his…

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    Rachel Ferguson August 25, 2025
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    Share Your Story to Shape Policies That Affect the Poor

    SONYA STEARNS Network Manager Read more from Sonya   Listen to this article: Long-serving charity workers from churches and nonprofits understand that the systems affecting…

    Sonya Stearns
    Sonya Stearns August 11, 2025
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    Congress must pass the Safeguard Charity Act to save civil society

    James Whitford Founder & CEO Read more from James   Listen to this article: “Who killed civil society?” It’s a good question, and it’s the…

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    Cole Edmonson July 6, 2025

    A Resurgence of Republicanism: Seizing the Opportunity to Reclaim Self-governance

    James Whitford Founder & CEO Read more from James   Listen to this article: For the first time in more than 75 years, “democracy” (majority…

    James Whitford
    James Whitford December 18, 2024

    Second Chances: Helping Returning Citizens Reintegrate

    Guest Contributor: ERIC COCHLING Chief Program Officer & General Counsel, Georgia Center for Opportunity   Listen to this article: Recidivism continues to be a problem…

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    Eric Cochling November 12, 2024

    Civil Society Crowded Out in Missouri

    James Whitford Founder & CEO Read more from James     Listen to this article: In 1887, President Grover Cleveland vetoed a federal aid package,…

    James Whitford
    James Whitford October 4, 2024
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