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

NonProfit Quarterly

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Even philanthropists working on the economic issues of jobs and incomes tend to sidestep the root problem of how to strengthen an economy’s productive capabilities. Various others work in the space in between, like Charter Cities Institute on urban development and economic clusters.

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Can CDFIs Rein in Capitalist Excess?

NonProfit Quarterly

In other words, is the phrase a call for government—and corporate donors and foundations—to invest in CDFIs? She called on other corporations to likewise support CDFIs to enable them to better address pressing economic issues, such as poverty, housing, and food insecurity. But there is some tension inherent in the phrase.

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