By Leslie Lenkowsky If you’ve ordered Girl Scout cookies this year — or still plan to — expect to pay more and wait longer for delivery of the more popular varieties, such as S’mores and Samoas. The Girl Scouts are “earning a new badge in global economic turmoil,” as the Wall Street Journal puts it. Supply-chain disruptions… Read more »
The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin largely along party lines in November 2021. Legislative progress came to a sudden stop a month later when Sen. Joe Manchin announced, in a Fox News interview, that he would not support it. Without the West Virginian’s vote, Senate… Read more »
The outpouring of tributes following Colin Powell’s death last month—and those during his memorial service last Friday at Washington National Cathedral—largely overlook one important piece of his legacy: his volunteer service in the nonprofit world. That service deserves recognition, along with the many other accolades he will continue to receive for his leadership in higher-profile… Read more »
Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family this month announced $225,000 in grants to eight groups that help immigrants. Those donations marked a departure from his usual giving, which has chiefly focused on the arts. But they also reflected the central theme depicted in his new movie, In the Heights, about an immigrant neighborhood in… Read more »
In July 2021, households with up to 88% of all U.S. children will get their first of six no-strings-attached monthly payment from the federal government. The money comes from a temporary expansion of the child tax credit in the Biden administration’s US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package enacted in March. For one year only, the government… Read more »