Remove Associations Remove Public and Social Policy Remove Public Policy Remove Race and Ethnicity
article thumbnail

The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes. Another crucial factor in maternal and infant health: the mental wellbeing of women and birthing people, especially as it intersects with race. Most of the women affected never receive treatment.

Health 86
article thumbnail

Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Eliminating Biphobia Through Breath, Brotherhood, and the Arts

NonProfit Quarterly

Breath and brotherhood are enormously important to the work of the collective of socially engaged artist-activists that I cofounded several years ago. Others wrongly believe that bisexuals enjoy all the same social privileges and advantages that straight people have.

article thumbnail

Building the Mutual Economy: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Manuel Pastor

NonProfit Quarterly

1 Steve Dubb: Could you talk about your background and how you came to focus on the study of social movements and economics? 1 Steve Dubb: Could you talk about your background and how you came to focus on the study of social movements and economics? So that was one path that was available. The second was economics.