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** Staff Picks for 2025: Alison
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December 29, 2025
It has been a difficult year for most people, including at NPQ, but as nonprofit workers devoted to community and justice, we continue to look for signs of hope. On the home front, this was the year my son discovered his purpose. From the first day he hurried off the school bus to tell me about an acorn dissection lab, to his late nights missing sleep to observe deer in our yard, it turns out I’m raising a future biologist.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that the son of a climate fiction writer, the grandson of a National Park volunteer ranger, and the great-grandson of farmers is drawn to biology, but watching his spark of learning ignite has given me renewed hope. We need scientists. We need people who understand and are tracking the changing climate. We need people who care about the natural world.
We need people who care, period.
As we close out 2025, we at NPQ have been asked to add our picks for the best articles of the second half of the year. I chose hope, as I always try to (though some days it is very difficult indeed), seeking out the changemakers, their promise of making a difference, and positive change in action.
I hope you find the spark of something in these stories, and I hope it inspires you to keep going.
Dr. Alison Stine
Climate Justice
Senior Editor
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How Getting a Library Card Is a Salute to Democracy
by Aashna Miharia
Public libraries have always been an accessible institution for many Americans. But now, more than ever, we can appreciate how fiercely libraries strive to represent our values in their pursuit of authentic democracy.
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Twenty Years After Katrina: Lessons in Climate, Justice, and Solidarity
by Deepa Iyer
Two decades after Katrina, community leaders offer lessons for nonprofits on how to support local organizations navigating climate disasters in an era of democratic erosion.
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Protecting Classrooms: What Nonprofits Need to Know About ICE in Schools
by Liz Vinson
As ICE enters schools under the guise of “wellness checks,” Laura Vazquez from UnidosUS discusses how nonprofits can fight back and support immigrant communities.
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The End of the NEA
by Alison Stine
A federal judge has ruled the new anti-DEI requirement of the National Endowment for the Arts as unconstitutional. For writers, it’s too late.
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NPQ Staff Picks 2025: Alison
by Alison Stine
Here you will find my list of “best of” articles from 2025, from a practical guide to filing a restraining order against the Trump administration to a defense of books from the granddaughter of one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time.
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