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[VIDEO] Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So that was the value of all the Bitcoin that’s out in the world that has been minted, which means had been created by the protocol. And Bitcoin really wasn’t worth anything because for something to be worth something you’d have to be able to exchange it for something else that has accepted value. trillion.

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Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So that was the value of all the Bitcoin that’s out in the world that has been minted, which means had been created by the protocol. And Bitcoin really wasn’t worth anything because for something to be worth something you’d have to be able to exchange it for something else that has accepted value. And it’s a store of value, obviously.

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What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

trillion”—a figure comparable to the total value of the US’ Black-White racial wealth gap. Valuing and compensating women’s work on behalf of loved ones affected by incarceration will be an especially pivotal task in the coming period of decarceration. Of this figure, roughly $73.9 61 The combined cost of such events is roughly $40.1

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

They were erased by government-backed campaigns to move birth out of the hands of Black midwives and into the hands of white male obstetricians. 41 Midwifery care is high-quality, value-based care that saves lives and money. The midwife, well known as a healer in Black communities, came to the house and “caught the baby.”

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Building the Mutual Economy: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Manuel Pastor

NonProfit Quarterly

Also, one of the things you talk about concerns the limits of government and how just having the state be the solution isn’t always the best course. Too often, the Left’s answer is “the government” to those questions. So, just saying the government is going to take care of it, we think, rings a little bit hollow.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. Some excessively wealthy individuals have fortunes and balance sheets larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of entire countries. What level would that be?