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New Tax Law: Understanding the Impacts on Charities and Giving

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The tax law and jobs act (TCJA) presents many changes for nonprofits to consider in 2018. The following changes to the law are some of the most critical when considering the effect they may have on charitable giving to nonprofits. Far fewer will be subject to the federal estate tax with the law expanding exemption to many more.

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Greenwashing Organic Milk

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The Organic Consumers Association , nonprofit public interest organization, has called for a boycott of Horizon and Aurora organic dairy products and the Cornucopia Institute , a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin, filed a legal complaint last Thursday with the USDA against Horizon Milk.

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

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Harassment, in the legal sense, is “a word that people throw around a bit too easily” says Jennifer Rodriquez, a labor and employment attorney with the Dallas based law firm Culhane Meadows. The law safeguards people from harassment based on race, age, and gender. Some jurisdictions have laws protecting employees’ political expression.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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Apr i l 22, 1970 – Inspired by anti-war movements and a deep concern for the environmental future of America, junior Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin rallied 20,000,000 (10% of America’s population at the time!) ESG can be a pillar of a company’s CSR initia ti ve. . . the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air?Act.?

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Don’t Just Celebrate – Advocate. Getting back down to the Roots of Earth Day: Tips for CSR Professionals

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Frustrated with the lack of concern around environmental issues, junior senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin came up with the idea for Earth Day. Originally, the focus of Earth Day was to harness the energy of anti-war, college-age protestors, and it was decided that April 22 was perfect timing between Spring break and final exams.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 3

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Consider the Wikisonic , a beautiful collaborative instrument initiated by Jon Brouchoud, an architect from Wisconsin. It also ignores the laws of physics, and, more subjectively, is a little more precious than Tech visitors may appreciate. In Second Life, this instrument is a cylinder of nearly invisible spheres floating in the air.

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. From there I went up to Wisconsin to continue voter outreach efforts, this time targeted at getting out the youth vote.

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