Man Who Lived in an Iron Lung Since 1953 Dies After Covid Diagnosis
Paul Alexander, a Dallas man who’s lived in an iron lung since contracting polio at the age of six, has died at 78, according to a GoFundMe page set up…
Bannon-Linked GoFundMe Scammer Sentenced to 4-1/2 Years for Trump Border Wall Scheme
A U.S. Air Force veteran was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Wednesday for carrying out a fraudulent GoFundMe scheme claiming he was raising money to…
Today in ‘the internet is good, sometimes,’ this young talent will get to go to Berklee
Let’s just get the obvious thing out of the way: It’s wrong at a fundamental level that anyone should feel the need to crowdsource the money they need to attend…
GoFundMe blasts Congress’ inaction on COVID relief by sharing stories of people in need
Even GoFundMe thinks that people shouldn’t have to depend on GoFundMe during the pandemic. The crowdfunding platform has launched a new campaign to highlight the economic impact of COVID —…
GoFundMe, now 10, had a historic year of charitable giving
2020 has been quite the tumultuous year, from the COVID-19 pandemic to an unprecedented wildfire and hurricane season and the reckoning for racial justice. But people from around the world…
GoFundMe pulls viral campaign that promised to uncover ‘voter fraud’ without evidence of voter fraud
The online crowdfunding company GoFundMe removed a viral campaign which could be read to imply the existence of widespread voter fraud Friday, placing itself firmly in the role of attempting…
Steve Bannon’s ‘We Build the Wall’ site is still up, complete with an endorsement from Donald Trump Jr.
Steve Bannon became just the latest former Trump official to be indicted on Thursday when federal prosecutors charged him with defrauding donors to the viral “We Build the Wall” campaign…
Steve Bannon indicted for defrauding donors to the ‘We Build the Wall’ GoFundMe campaign
Steve Bannon, the rightwing figure who previously served as President Donald Trump’s White House chief strategist, was indicted Thursday by federal prosecutors in New York. Bannon and three others have…