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When businesses create their own nonprofits, everyone benefits. The charity gets expertise and volunteers from the for-profit company and the business has a chance to make a real social difference. Philanthropy should push for more such models.

Could Raising the Minimum Wage Be the Best Way to Fight HIV? FG Trade via iStock On Jan. 22, President Biden announced his intent to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. But of the many benefits a minimum wage could hold for Americans in general, there’s also a benefit in store for many of society’s most marginalized when it comes to health. While minimum wage could have a bunch of overall health benefits, an updated study from 2019 suggests that there is an “inverse ...