But these recent scandals are nothing new for the Red Cross. In fact, the whole history of the organization is one gigantic scandal–stretching from its racist policies toward African Americans ...

But these recent scandals are nothing new for the Red Cross. In fact, the whole history of the organization is one gigantic scandal--stretching from its racist policies toward African Americans to ...

In honor of the founding of the Red Cross on October 29, 1863, here's a closer look at the organization, how it works, and its greatest triumphs. How It Works There is no international Red Cross.

To such, a history of the Red Cross movement of the present age will not be devoid of interest, — a movement at once so remarkable and beneficent in its results as to entitle it to a place in ...

A thistle to a continuing lack of transparency by the American Red Cross as it responds to another disaster. The organization — which is a congressionally chartered instrumentality of the U.S ...

The Red Cross has been making promises and failing to keep them for over a decade, according to Sidney Wolfe, who heads the health research group at the consumer watchdog organization Public Citizen.

Despite any shortcomings, the Red Cross is a massive first-response organization that remains worthy of donations, says Daniel Borochoff, president and founder of Charity Watch, which rates relief ...

Judy Bainbridge writes a history column about how Greenville's Red Cross chapter met challenges posed by the first half of the 20th century.

Editor's note on Sept. 1: Some listeners and readers have asked why NPR pressed Red Cross operations and logistics executive Brad Kieserman about how much of the money his organization receives ...

As early as 1933, the Red Cross received letters from Dachau, including one pleading: ‘I beg you again in the name of the prisoners—Help! Help!.’ Samuel Moyn reviews “Humanitarians at War ...