http://dir.salon.com/topics/charity/?source=rss&aim=charity en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Frances Kissling Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/04/peter_singer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/04/peter_singer/index.html?source=rss Instead of buying yachts and gilded trash cans, Wall Street's bailout kings could have spent some of their excess cash alleviating poverty. But what about you and me? Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2009/06/01/bt_rosqueta/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2009/06/01/bt_rosqueta/index.html?source=rss Katherina Rosqueta on "high-impact philanthropy" and the success of micro-lending. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss It's not that I don't believe in helping others. I just don't believe in giving money to people on the street. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/03/voting_for_charity_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/03/voting_for_charity_2/index.html?source=rss A political scientist pushes back against those who claim voting is irrational By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2008/04/27/nerds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2008/04/27/nerds/index.html?source=rss "Oprah's Big Give" makes charity look as easy as speed dialing Jennifer Aniston, while "30 Rock's" Tina Fey breaks the angst of the single female out of a frothy Aniston-flavored rut. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/31/voting_for_charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/31/voting_for_charity/index.html?source=rss A case study in trying too hard: Three economists argue that voting is an act of charity By Andrea Grimes Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/05/reese_witherspoon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/05/reese_witherspoon/index.html?source=rss Introducing the "women's empowerment bracelet," yet another in a long line of issue-awareness jewelry. Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/10/11/clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/10/11/clinton/index.html?source=rss Read Salon's compilation of certain donations to the William J. Clinton Foundation, and a list of those who have paid speaking fees to the former president, here. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/08/mother_tithing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/08/mother_tithing/index.html?source=rss We're happy to help with her second mortgage -- but not if the money goes to her church. By Page Rockwell Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/20/superrich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/20/superrich/index.html?source=rss A study of America's wealthiest donors has some interesting findings about gender differences in charitable giving. Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/15/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/15/thursday/index.html?source=rss If Peyton Manning and five other QBs do the impossible, a shoe company will generously donate $1 million to charity. No, really: Impossible. I'm matching the offer. By Karen A. Lash Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/14/gulfport/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/14/gulfport/index.html?source=rss In Gulfport, Miss., 13 days after Katrina roared through, we couldn't find one resident who had ever seen a FEMA official. By Lynn Harris Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/10/charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/09/10/charity/index.html?source=rss Americans who want to give more than cash to help Katrina victims are using the Internet to send diapers, baseball gloves and CDs directly to the disaster area. By Mark Benjamin Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/02/delay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/02/delay/index.html?source=rss Playing through campaign finance laws, corporations are buying time with the House leader by donating to his foundations for abused kids. Meanwhile, the charities are spending more on the golf fundraisers than on the children. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/10/ensler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/10/ensler/index.html?source=rss Eve Ensler, the vulva-friendly playwright, hosts a fundraiser in New York in the hopes of getting young women to vote with their ... well, you know. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/25/freecycle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/25/freecycle/index.html?source=rss Need a pile of dirt? Got a pile of dirt? It's Christmas every day in the new world of freecycling. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/09/gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/09/gates/index.html?source=rss Yes, Microsoft is a bullying monopoly. But the software king may go down in history as the single individual who did the most to help the world's neediest people. By Joan Walsh Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/02/11/arianna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/02/11/arianna/index.html?source=rss In "Pigs at the Trough," the former Republican skewers corporate evildoers. But don't call her a Democrat. By Janelle Brown Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/02/karyn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/02/karyn/index.html?source=rss Cyber-begging fuels the new philanthropy, in which brand, beauty and instant karma matter most in raising funds. By Gary Presley Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/04/telethon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/09/04/telethon/index.html?source=rss As a gimp, I watched the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon with disdain -- until Jerry's real kid said she felt "sad" for her daddy. By A.R. Torres Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/15/widow_wrath/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/15/widow_wrath/index.html?source=rss Yes, we are angry, often justifiably, but we are not ungrateful opportunists making a buck on the death of loved ones. That person is cartoonist Ted Rall. By Arianna Huffington Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/13/faith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/13/faith/index.html?source=rss Two words for the Bible-thumpers and lefties who are trashing Bush's faith-based initiative: Alcoholics Anonymous. By Jack Boulware Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/17/priest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/17/priest/index.html?source=rss A priest gets in trouble for posing naked in support of charity. By Carina Chocano Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/09/charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/09/charity/index.html?source=rss Matchmakers hook up Hollywood luminaries with the cause of their choice -- saving the world one star at a time. By Janelle Brown Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/27/idealive/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/27/idealive/index.html?source=rss Will new-economy millionaires bankroll needy artists? Several Web companies are promoting the idea.