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Md. Democratic Party chairwoman accused of violating rules for nonprofits

The Fulcrum
By The FulcrumMay 23, 2019
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A conservative watchdog group has filed a complaint with the IRS against the wife of Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, claiming that she is violating rules governing the operation of nonprofit organizations.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who also serves as chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said in a statement to The Washington Post that the complaint filed by the National Legal and Policy Center was a way to attack her husband. Elijah Cummings chairs the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and has been investigating the Trump administration.

Maya Cummings operates a for-profit company, Global Policy Solutions, and a nonprofit called the Center for Global Policy Solutions.

The complaint states that there may not be enough separation between the two organizations, providing her with an "illegal private benefit." The law governing nonprofits requires that they be organized exclusively for charitable purposes, the NLPC argues.

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In the late 1990s, two Harvard psychologists ran a now-famous experiment. In it, students watched a short video of six people passing basketballs. They were told to count the number of passes made by the three players in white shirts.

Halfway through the film, a person in a gorilla suit walks into the frame, beats its chest, and exits. Amazingly, half of viewers — both then and in later versions of the study — never notice the gorilla. They’re so focused on counting passes that they miss the obvious event happening right in front of them.

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America’s healthcare debate misses the real crisis: soaring care costs. Discover how inattentional blindness hides the $5.6T gorilla reshaping policy, work, and rural communities.

Getty Images, athima tongloom

America’s $5.6 Trillion Healthcare Gorilla: Why We’re Blind to the Real Crisis

In the late 1990s, two Harvard psychologists ran a now-famous experiment. In it, students watched a short video of six people passing basketballs. They were told to count the number of passes made by the three players in white shirts.

Halfway through the film, a person in a gorilla suit walks into the frame, beats its chest, and exits. Amazingly, half of viewers — both then and in later versions of the study — never notice the gorilla. They’re so focused on counting passes that they miss the obvious event happening right in front of them.

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Rethinking the Church’s Calling in a Time of Crisis
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Rethinking the Church’s Calling in a Time of Crisis

There is a significant distinction between charity and justice. Charity responds to visible wounds in the community and rushes to bandage them as necessary. Justice, rooted in biblical conviction and prophetic courage, goes further. It questions the sources of suffering: Why are people bleeding in the first place? This tension between crisis response and deeper transformation is at the core of a courageous step recently taken by Atlanta's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

As the nation grapples with democratic strain and institutional fatigue, New Birth's decision to suspend the collection of tithes and offerings during a government shutdown and amid the threatened rollback of social supports is a daring example of moral clarity. It is more than an act of relief; it is a refusal to proceed with business as usual when the most economically vulnerable are again being asked to bear the highest costs. The pause is not merely financial; I believe it is prophetic. An assertion that the church's highest duty is to its people, not its ledger.

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