charity
Genius Activists Trick Neo-Nazi Parade Into Raising $12,000 for Charity
Andy Cush · 11/18/14 12:37PMHow do you turn the traditional neo-Nazi march that passes through your small town every year into a good thing? If you're the residents of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, you turn their hate parade into an involuntary walkathon, so that every step they take raises more money for an anti-fascist charity.
Why Are These Rich Tech Companies Asking Us Commoners to Stop Ebola?
Leah Finnegan · 11/11/14 01:09PMDon't Donate to the Red Cross
Andy Cush · 10/29/14 10:00AMHamilton Nolan · 10/07/14 04:33PM
"Gimp Man of Essex" Is Just a Regular Guy Raising Money for Charity
Andy Cush · 09/22/14 10:37AMKim Kardashian Does Ice Bucket Challenge for Kim Kardashian Awareness
Jay Hathaway · 09/09/14 10:18AMIs It Okay to Make a Fortune If You Give it All Away?
Hamilton Nolan · 08/25/14 11:59AMKim Kardashian Donates Most of Her eBay Charity Proceeds to Herself
Jay Hathaway · 08/20/14 10:30AMFor the second year in a row, most of the profits from Kim Kardashian's charity eBay auctions appear to have gone to her favorite cause: herself. Radar reports that eBay tax documents from 2013 indicate Kim K pocketed as much as $400,000 selling her used outfits on the auction site, and donated just $44,000 to the ministry her mom founded.
The Walton Family Has Little Interest in Charity
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Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/14 01:13PM
Gawker friend (and 2011 Gawker Hero) Aaron Jamison passed away from cancer in 2011. His upbeat attitude throughout his ordeal inspired many Gawker readers. Aaron's widow Kristin is now trying to raise money for weight loss surgery, for health reasons. If you are charitably inclined, you can read more here.
Sarah Hedgecock · 04/28/14 12:58PM
Peter Singer Is Here to Talk About Right and Wrong
Hamilton Nolan · 02/25/14 05:00PMPeter Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University and one of the world's most prominent—and controversial—moral philosophers. He's written influential works on poverty, charity, and euthanasia, and is considered a founder of the modern animal rights movement. He's here to speak to you.
Hamilton Nolan · 01/10/14 04:30PM
Operation Smile has sent us a statement about their rather insane job interview process, which we have appended to our earlier post. "[Planning] and delivering a fun, social activity, including dinner...helps identify the applicant's strengths and/or weaknesses in communicating, problem-solving skills and teamwork."
Operation Smile's Job Interview Process Is Insane
Hamilton Nolan · 01/10/14 11:13AMWall Street Tycoon Gives Away $800 Million Before Jumping to Death
Jordan Sargent · 12/29/13 11:00AMWhen Wall Streeters try and sweep away the atrocities of their industry they inevitably point to banks' charitable donations. Look, Goldman Sachs has given away $1.6 billion since 2006! Of course, Goldman had profits of $1.52 billion in just the third quarter of 2013 alone, and that was considered "concerning." So, sooner or later a bank executive is bound to trot out the story of Robert Wilson.
How Many People Died Because of Batkid?
Hamilton Nolan · 12/20/13 12:28PMCancer Patients Surprised with Ridiculous Makeovers
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/09/13 10:31AMThey say laughter is the best medicine.