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November 18, 2023
Jason Linkins
Billionaire Philanthropy Is a Scam
A new study describes in grotesque detail the extent to which the ultrarich have perverted the charitable giving industry.
September 17, 2022
Rachel Donald
Patagonia Won’t Save the World Without Addressing Some of Its Prior Failures
Yvon Chouinard’s decision to transfer ownership of the company to a trust and nonprofit has received glowing reviews. But the details matter. And Patagonia hasn’t always delivered on its promises of sustainability.
June 1, 2021
Natalie Shure
You Don’t Have to Root for Melinda Gates
Rather than choose sides in this P.R. war of plutocrat divorcés, we should scrutinize whether billionaire philanthropy really works.
November 17, 2020
J.C. Pan
Charles Koch Got the Free-Market Dystopia He Wanted. Now He’d Like Your Approval.
The same billionaire who refashioned the American political system to suit his needs is now calling for bipartisan cooperation—on his terms.
July 17, 2020
J.C. Pan
Will Big Philanthropy Defang Our Radical Moment?
The Open Society Foundations and other massive organizations have pledged to support Black-led racial justice work. Is that a blessing or a curse?
April 7, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Brands Feel Your Pain
What pandemic responses from Starbucks to 1-800-Contacts say about the grotesque shortcomings of corporate social responsibility
October 18, 2019
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Alexander Sammon
Oligarch of the Month: The Sacklers
Since their company, Purdue Pharma, released OxyContin in 1996, almost half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses.
May 12, 2017
Lovia Gyarkye
Have the Rich Become “Super Citizens”?
David Callahan's new book "The Givers: Money, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age" looks at wealth, charity, and how the superrich shape public policy to their own ends.
November 6, 2015
Dana Goldstein
Good Intentions
Bill Gates is here to change the world—will he make money doing it?
November 18, 2014
Michael Hobbes
Stop Trying to Save the World
Big ideas are destroying international development
October 21, 2013
Marc Tracy
Michael Bloomberg Just Won More Money Than You'll Make in a Decade
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