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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We have to tell the truth about that system: Inequities in health outcomes, economic opportunity, household wealth, and other determinants of position in the socio-economic hierarchy are not bugs of our capitalist economic system but its central features. Building a new narrative for social change is a complex and long-term endeavor.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. He needs to be dispossessed not just for society’s benefit but for his own mental health and wellbeing. This man has to ward off the specter of elder poverty by becoming a landlord.