ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down

A search had been underway for a new publisher. But none was found. Updated 09.06.19  4:53PM ET  / Published 09.06.19  1:15PM ET     Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose to prominence in the shadow of the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down….

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“I felt like it was a betrayal, and we had raised funds on false pretense”: The Correspondent’s first U.S. employee speaks out » Nieman Journalism Lab

Last July, ahead of its planned launch in the United States, The Correspondent made its first U.S. hire: Zainab Shah, who’d previously been global lead for strategy and operations at BuzzFeed. Ernst Pfauth — CEO of De Correspondent, the Dutch site for which The Correspondent was to be a new sibling — wrote that, as…

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Charities fear tax bill could turn philanthropy into a pursuit only for the rich – The Washington Post

Many U.S. charities are worried the tax overhaul bill signed by President Trump on Friday could spur a landmark shift in philanthropy, speeding along the decline of middle-class donors and transforming charitable gift-giving into a pursuit largely left to the wealthy. The source of concern is how the tax bill is expected to sharply reduce…

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Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general’s office – The Washington Post

The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump’s charity to stop its fundraising immediately, the attorney general’s office said Monday. James Sheehan, head of the attorney general’s charities bureau, sent the “notice of violation” to…

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Reports: N.Y. AG thinks Trump Foundation is an undocumented charity

cxenseparse_start Donald Trump’s foundation is under investigation by the New York state attorney general’s office. USA TODAY The New York state attorney general’s office is investigating whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation ever obtained the certification required by the state to solicit money from the general public, according to reports from The Washington Post and…

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Trump Foundation lacks the certification required for charities that solicit money – The Washington Post

Trump holds a rally in Des Moines in January. (Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post) Donald Trump’s charitable foundation — which has been sustained for years by donors outside the Trump family — has never obtained the certification that New York requires before charities can solicit money from the public, according to the state attorney general’s office….

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Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems – The Washington Post

Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents. Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trump’s charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against “self-dealing” —…

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