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The Cohen Report | After Katrina One Group Looks Ahead Beyond Emergency Response

Rick Cohen

Five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the nation must consider how the sector—and how society—should prepare financially for the next Katrina, the next destabilizing catastrophe. That is exactly the question Lorna Bourg of the Southern Mutual Help Association is raising.

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The Cohen Report | A Community Development Bank Passes

Rick Cohen

ShoreBank, the nation’s preeminent community development bank, finally succumbed to a long spiral of financial troubles. What did ShoreBank mean to nonprofits and what does this mean for the future of community development banking.

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The Cohen Report | Linda McMahon's Nonprofit Non-Credentials

Rick Cohen

Two weeks ago, Linda McMahon, spouse of World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon, won the GOP nomination for the Senate from Connecticut. Now, with no political experience herself, what can we find out about Linda McMahon and the nonprofit sector?

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The Cohen Report | The Starfish and the Tea Party

Rick Cohen

Watching their protests and town hall meeting performances on cable television, the Tea Party seems messy, fractious, intentionally disorganized, and leaderless. But what really is the organizational structure of the Tea Party movement? Or is there a guiding principal of organizational structure at work? We think so.

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The Cohen Report | July 8, 2010

Rick Cohen

Last week in the Cohen Report I wrote about the stalled effort of the Obama Administration to privatize public housing and the relative lack of reaction from housing advocates and others. This week, in the second of a three-part series, I explore Obama's hidden hand of privatization.

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The Cohen Report | July 1, 2010

Rick Cohen

The HUD initiative to privatize public housing has recently been withdrawn by the Obama Administration. What? You missed it? You'd be forgiven if you did—there was very little said about the topic in the blogosphere or elsewhere. How could a major Obama Administration effort to privatize public housing have sneaked in without spurring much reaction from housing advocates and others?

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