Nicholas Kulish
Nicholas Kulish is a writer and correspondent for The New York Times. He is the author of The Eternal Nazi, published by Doubleday in spring 2014.
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Providing a Pandemic Safety Net, Nonprofits Need Their Own
Even as the economic crisis creates new demand for their services, organizations with millions of workers are resorting to layoffs as revenues dry up.
Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
The Ford Foundation and four others plan to dramatically increase their spending, a splurge financed in part by issuing debt.
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SCOOP: Ford Foundation selling $1 billion in bonds so it has more money to hand out in this year of crisis. @JamesStewartNYT and me.
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Jerzy Glowczewski, Last of the Polish Fighter Pilots of W.W. II, Dies at 97
He fled Warsaw when the Nazis invaded, flew 100 missions over Krakow, and made a life as an architect in Poland, Egypt and the United States. He died of the coronavirus in New York.
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A refugee, a soldier, an immigrant, a pilot, an architect. Jerzy Glowczewski faced death many times in his 97 years. He died of Covid-19 in a New York nursing home.
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A Life and Death Battle: 4 Days of Kidney Failure but No Dialysis
At the peak of the pandemic in New York, a longtime city employee joined a crush of patients in desperate need of treatment.
Closed Hospitals Leave Rural Patients ‘Stranded’ as Coronavirus Spreads
A for-profit company bought three struggling hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio. Doctors were fired, supplies ran low and many in need of care had to journey elsewhere. Then the doors shut for good.
Frantic for Coronavirus Gear, Americans in Need Turn to China’s Elite
People and companies with vested interest in sustaining the U.S.-China relationship are stepping in as ties fray between the two countries.
An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis
Ventilators aren’t the only machines in intensive care units that are in short supply. Doctors have been confronting an unexpected rise in patients with failing kidneys.
Food Banks Are Overrun, as Surging Hunger Meets Dwindling Supplies
Millions are flooding a charitable system that was never intended to handle a nationwide crisis.
A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained, broken or otherwise unusable.
The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.
As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage.
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PROJECT AURA: The head of the CDC sees a prototype for a cheap, easy-to-use, portable ventilator … that was 9 years ago. It never got made. @sarahkliff, @jbsgreenberg and I explored why. THREAD / 1
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Amid Desperate Need for Ventilators, Calls Grow for Federal Intervention
President Trump wants the private sector to fill the urgent need for the lifesaving devices. Experts say that strategy may doom the thousands who will need them in the coming weeks.
There Aren’t Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus
The United States and other countries face a critical shortage of the lifesaving machines — and no easy way to lift production.
There Aren’t Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus
The United States and other countries face a critical shortage of the lifesaving machines — and no easy way to lift production.
‘People Need Immediate Relief,’ and Online Donors Make It Happen
On social media, outpourings of generosity during the coronavirus pandemic are part of a shift toward direct giving.
Coronavirus Cost to Businesses and Workers: ‘It Has All Gone to Hell’
As the outbreak forces the cancellation of trips, nights out and large gatherings, economic damage is mounting across the country.
Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence
The former mayor’s philanthropy has been a boon for progressive causes, earning support from Democrats nationwide even as parts of his record give them pause.
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To try to put Mike Bloomberg's philanthropy in context he gave away the equivalent of $10 for each and every person in American just last year
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‘Mayors for Mike’: How Bloomberg’s Money Built a 2020 Political Network
Michael Bloomberg is relying on powerful city leaders as allies in his presidential campaign. Several have received grants, training and support packages totaling millions from his foundation.
A Racist Book’s Malign and Lingering Influence
“The Camp of the Saints,” published in 1973, has been a must-read within white supremacist circles for decades. Stephen Miller, Marine Le Pen and Steve King have touted it in recent years.
In Her Own Words: The Woman Who Bankrolled the Anti-Immigration Movement
Letters and other personal writings reveal what motivated the publicity-shy heiress whose money created, and still fuels, the crusade.
$3.6 Million in Pay for Head of Nonprofit Shelter Operator
The former leader of the largest nonprofit group running shelters for migrant children received $3.6 million in compensation in the group’s latest fiscal year, according to tax records.