article thumbnail

Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

Notably, 982 of these prevent or hinder access to employment, including background checks and restrictions on the activities of survivors of the War on Drugs during their probation or parole. The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state.

article thumbnail

Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Wealthy philanthropic organizations often view issues through the lens of scientific, technological, and financial superiority. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. However, recent psychology research promotes a less deficit-oriented approach.

article thumbnail

Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

First, there is existential insecurity, a fact of human experience, a kind of beautiful insecurity that comes with being a vulnerable being, an entity that can be wounded physically or psychologically, that is aware of its mortality. RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.”