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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They can recognize patients may be at risk of social isolation, yet their role is often limited to filling a patient’s medical prescription. One medical practice achieved a 21 percent drop in health-care costs. One example is pharmacists, who are usually well-connected and respected in their communities. for every £1 invested.

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

Little Myths on the Prairie As Quart points out, the stories children read influence the values they enact as adults. In the preface to her book, Quart echoes this theme, citing current maladies such as “unstable jobs, unpayable college and medical debt loads…and a byzantine financial and tax system that benefits the wealthiest” (xi).

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

This is neoliberalism, which is best understood as a politics in which the state acts to support the concentration of wealth among an elite few through its taxation, spending, and regulatory policies. One heartbreaking example can be seen in how children are raised. Oswald et al., 9 (September 2020): e0237725.