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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

These farmers also successfully advocated for a system of federally backed cooperative banks and joined together to form farmer-owned insurance pools, allowing agriculture cooperatives to form, including prominent brands like Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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Survey: US Nonprofits at Critical Point as Funding for Community Needs Falters

NonProfit PRO

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Why Communities Must Reclaim the Power of Banking

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Liza Summer on Pexels In his latest book, journalist Oscar Perry Abello argues that community banking has a crucial role in addressing urgent social challengesfrom developing a racially just economy to preparing for climate change. The consolidation of the banking industry was a policy choice.

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Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Autocratic governments, nihilistic oligarchs, escalating climate impacts, dynamic pandemics, menacing technologies, rampant misinformationall of these forces and more conspire to leave Americans and people around the world feeling less safe, more uncertain, and more frightened about the future.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Without insurance coverage, the devices typically cost between $100 and $300 and require replacement every 10 to 14 days, adding up to a significant recurring expense. Advocating for Change Public policy solutions are necessary to narrow the healthcare gap.

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How Mobile Health Clinics Advance Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

This in turn improves healthcare access and helps address social determinants of health by opening the door to referring patients to specialists, enrolling patients in assistance programs, and connecting those in need to other available resources within the community.

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