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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

How is suffering at the hand of market forces a ubiquitous but uneven phenomenon? If there’s a downturn in the market, you’re going to be destitute instead of finally being able to take a break and enjoy the last years of your life. Social programs would make us safer. AT: That’s a great way of putting it, ubiquitous but uneven.

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Recognizing the Full Spectrum of Black Women’s Views on Homeownership Is Key to Progress

NonProfit Quarterly

Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin.