NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The lack of income earned by Black men’s mass incarceration plunged many Black families into poverty for decades, caused the loss of homeownership, and eliminated other opportunities for Black families to build wealth over the long term. As a social and economic issue, the devastation is still being felt.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

As a Black cisgendered woman, a first-generation college student from the deep South, and a person born in poverty, social justice movements have touched every aspect of my life. So, how do I, as a person in a position of power, navigate these dynamics without causing harm?

Leadership 127

Leadership Poverty Culture Values 127

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. So, she started the co-op. She was able to raise money to get land. She had people farming together.

Food 89

Food Activism Poverty Leadership 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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. It diverts our attention from the core challenge of building high-value production, which developing countries themselves know is the key to their prosperity.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 1, 2025

However, correlation does not imply causation and the true causes may lie in deeper socio-economic issues, such as malnutrition, poverty, or lack of parental support. For example, when a specific region exhibits consistently low levels of student performance, one may immediately attribute this to poor teaching quality.

Education 93

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Governance 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. At a panel on rural poverty, Dana Bezerra, president of the Heron Foundation , called for shifts of narrative and power. “We Where are the supermarket chains?”

Finance 112

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This approach would also systematically integrate socio-economic issues such as co-locating affordable housing and transit. Proponents of this positive psychology movement argue that poor people should not be “completely defined by their poverty, nor can they be fully understood in its terms alone.”

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139