THE ‘GOOD’ WITCH
America’s richest woman is famously generous, but how much does she effect social change? Compare Andrew Carnegie, whose bequests to libraries profoundly changed the nation’s life.
Amy Schiller is the author of The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong And How to Fix It She is a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College in the Society of Fellows. She previously held fellowships at Stanford University and Bard College. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The Daily Beast. Schiller has been quoted as an expert on philanthropy in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, and Slate. She has had a nearly 15-year career in major gift fundraising consulting. She currently lives in Burlington, VT.
Backfire
Amy Schiller reports from the scene of a controversial panel at Brooklyn College.
Academic Freedom
Amy Schiller on the growing campaign against a controversial panel sponsored by Brooklyn College's political science department.
Chilling Effects
Amy Schiller reports from a press conference at Brooklyn College lodging complaints about a panel on boycotting the Jewish State.
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Letter From Cleveland
Amy Schiller reports from Ohio that Josh Mandel should be the ideal conservative to peel away American Jews from the Democrats, but he can't even win over his own neighborhood.