Philanthropy
Obama and Bob Iger Speak at a Sandy Hook Benefit in Manhattan
Former President Barack Obama and the Disney chief executive Robert A. Iger were the marquee speakers at an event on Tuesday commemorating the 10th anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of 20 first graders and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Organized by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit […]
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Paul G. Allen’s Art at Christie’s Tops $1.5 Billion, Cracking Records
Just when it seemed the high-flying art market couldn’t soar any higher, paintings and sculptures from the collection of the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, hit the $1.5 billion mark at Christie’s New York on Wednesday night, making it the biggest sale in auction history. The first of two Allen sales, it shattered a six-month-old […]
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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Return to Center Stage. Their Own.
After a six-year hiatus, the Clinton Global Initiative returned to New York City this week, bringing together leaders from the worlds of nonprofit, government and business, with a few celebrities sprinkled in for good measure. It has been an eventful few years since they last gathered in 2016. “The challenges we face are steep, but […]
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Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change
A half century after founding the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric rock climber who became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given the company away. Rather than selling the company or taking it public, Mr. Chouinard, his wife and two adult children have transferred their ownership of Patagonia, […]
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How King Charles Turned His Royal Estate Into a Lucrative Portfolio
LONDON — King Charles III built his own empire long before he inherited his mother’s. Charles, who formally acceded to the British throne on Saturday, spent half a century turning his royal estate into a billion-dollar portfolio and one of the most lucrative moneymakers in the royal family business. While his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, […]
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More Americans Are Going Hungry, and It Costs More to Feed Them
The first time Kelly Wilcox drove her 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan to the food pantry near her home in Payson, Utah, she noticed one thing right away that surprised her: newer models of Toyota and Honda sedans and minivans. “I saw a bunch of other people with cars like mine, who had kids in cars,” […]
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Baltimore Banner, a News Start-Up, Aims to Challenge The Sun
BALTIMORE — Local news wars have largely gone the way of the phone booth as newspapers have shriveled and reporter jobs have been cut. But one is taking shape in Baltimore, bringing a new kind of rivalry. The Baltimore Banner, an online news site that started publishing in recent weeks, is trying to go head […]
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Gun Control Advocates Have More Money Now, but Money Can’t Buy Zeal
After the massacre of schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, the gun-control movement was small and badly outspent by the National Rifle Association. Parents seeking an outlet for their grief and rage congregated on Facebook, where they formed their own group, Moms Demand Action, to push for stricter gun laws. By […]
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A Tennessee Deli Nurtures Its Ties to Ukraine
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Russia invaded Ukraine, Laurence Faber and Emily Williams’s first reaction was to cook borscht. Ukrainian flags had yet to spread across the American lawn-scape, and Potchke, the couple’s Ukrainian-inspired deli, had yet to open in this eastern Tennessee city. They cooked the soup in response to the horror overtaking the peaceful […]
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