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Editorial/academic affairs @NiskanenCenter. Opinions mine. Here for the opinions, not the hate. daviddagan.substack.com/
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Nonprofits in the age of doubt

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By David Dagan
| The Science of Politics
Nonprofits face a series of interlocking crises in the second Trump administration. Most obviously, there are broadsides from the White House: indiscriminate funding cuts for human services providers, targeted pressure campaigns and cuts to research funding for higher education, threats to investigate and prosecute left-leaning philanthropies. But this challenge is layered on top of a deeper crisis of trust.
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Residual resisters: The nonprofit sector in the age of Trump

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By David Dagan
| The Science of Politics
by John MacIntosh The nonprofit sector is a messy residual. The set of programs that nonprofits might provide is restricted to the leftovers that government and business have passed over as politically unrewarding or financially intractable. Out of these scraps, the services that nonprofits actually do provide are those that, despite being leftovers, are sufficiently enticing for funders and leaders to voluntarily contribute the resources necessary to address them.
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A deep dive on Gaza's hunger crisis

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By David Dagan
| Substack
This is Part 2 of my series on Gaza’s hunger crisis. Part 1: Why are Gazans starving? How did we get to this point? Before getting to the long answer below, I want to acknowledge it may disturb readers in both directions. The abundance of context may be frustrating to some readers who are angry with Israel, but I think it is vital for understanding how the multiple factors driving hunger in Gaza interact.
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