Issues

A look at Buzzsaw alum Jeremy Levine’s Emmy-winning film, Good Fortune, which investigates just how effective international aid organizations really are.

Charity comes from the heart — as should sex. In business, philanthropy means a tax credit, a reputation of goodwill, an intangible asset. But what happens when we give into sex but don’t receive the same credit to our account? Now if only being good in bed helped me get a tax credit, but for now I guess I’d settle for just the same amount of consideration in between the sheets.

Where is your donation really going?

They solemnly swear they are up to nothing but good. With the end of the books and movie franchise, a little magic and a couple passionate fans at Ithaca College hope to keep the Potter spirit alive.

What’s driving students away from volunteering?

A look at financial donations in the United States and the Top 5 nations that give the most.

We have all seen the updates on Facebook and Twitter. Long threads of copied and pasted statuses that always have the same format: the setup, the sob story and then the request, something to the effect of “If 1 million people repost this, Little Sally will get a new kidney.” If you are one of the people who incessantly repost these, I am here to say that the only way this helps is if someone saw the status and decided to give up their kidney.

Republican opposition to all things Obama

It’s hard to back up criticisms that say that the “I Heart Boobies” movement sexualizes a disease that targets a sexual part of the body, but the products certainly trivialize it. Sure, they raise money that is donated to breast cancer research and prevention education, but at what cost? The Keep-A-Breast Foundation has created popular products, but at the expense of the seriousness of their cause.

Local beans and grains company expands across N.Y.