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

NonProfit Quarterly

PNW Production on pexels.com. This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing. Specifically, policymakers do not consider Black women living in poverty when developing programs that help people purchase and retain ownership of a home.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

The whole New Deal program—including the rights to employment, housing, food, and education, and other necessities—was framed using the word “security.” We treat the rest of life on this planet as a set of products or objects that don’t have rights. AT: To redefine security, we need to cultivate an ethic of vulnerability.