News Briefing: Nonprofit Groups Spin Off Green Ventures

• Nonprofit groups launch for-profit ventures that teach skills for green jobs.  [New York Times]

• The NAACP attempts to reach beyond its core black community.  [Washington Post]

• The California attorney general has raised nearly $10 million for two charter schools, an arts academy, and a military institude, all of which he founded as mayor of Oakland.  [Los Angeles Times]