Where Most Needed

Natural History Museums Face Apocalypse

Declines in funding and a public perception of institutions as boring are leading to a crisis that threatens their extensive, behind-the-scenes scientific research. 

Charities Unwitting Supporters of Shock Jocks

Thanks to the Ad Council (itself a charity), charity ads fill in when commercial advertisers pull out of raunchy radio shows.

Using Information Technology for Social Change? Insert Coins Here

A new technology journal relies heavily on old closed technologies, to the dismay of those who want to see real change to open models.  And I make a modest suggestion. 

Funding Failure Hides Anne Frank Documents for Thirty Years

A part-time volunteer runs across a file with correspondence from Anne Frank's father while cataloging documents that sat in a warehouse for decades.