NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes.

Health 78

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 78

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Class, race, and ethnicity are key determinants of exposure to pollution and other environmental hazards, with working-class people and BIPOC folks disproportionately exposed relative to affluent White people. And air pollution exposure in children can cause asthma, obesity, cancer, cognitive delay, and other challenges.

Race and Ethnicity 102

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 102

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Disaggregating by race allowed us to do a meaningful comparison when answering questions like, “Did organizations have the resources to meet changed community needs?

Governance 85

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 85

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” 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.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: onlyyouqj on istock.com Precision medicine, which relies on genomics to understand how a person’s genetic makeup affects their health, looms large over the United States’ overburdened and underperforming healthcare system.

Race and Ethnicity 86

Race and Ethnicity Health Healthcare Medical 86

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 109

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 109

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Founded by parents who had two children with Down syndrome, they were inspired to open a coffee shop that would provide a workplace for people with disabilities. The livable wage in the area for a single adult with no children is $16.44 Today, the current minimum wage in Wilmington is $7.25

Race and Ethnicity 120

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 120