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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We

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Why Guardianship Reform Is a Civil Rights Imperative

NonProfit Quarterly

How Guardianship Fails the Most Vulnerable The current guardianship system is flawed and carries profound human consequences, as well as straining an already overtaxed healthcare system. Rather than defaulting to protective custody, policy should seek to preserve individual agency and dignity. This approach creates a devastating cycle.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), a tool for artistic activism originating in Brazil and now practiced around the world, is one creative and timely strategy for political and social action. Through this process, TONYC helped to shape city policy and practice between 2013 and 2019. But a TO process doesn’t stop there.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

It calls for AI that is designed explicitly to dismantle systemic inequities and address the social ills caused by historical and present-day injustices. For those impacted by AIcommunities, workers, everyday peoplesuch policies serve as essential protective barriers. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.

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The Long Road to Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: SHREY DEEPRANJAN Today, healthcare institutions acknowledge forces like structural racism as drivers of negative health outcomes—but effectively addressing racism inside of those institutions still has a long way to go. What policies are further perpetuating inequities?

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How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

Private equity—that is, investor groups that operate outside of the stock market, thus being largely shielded from public investor scrutiny—plays a leading role. trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 By way of comparison, in 2000, annual investments by private equity firms in healthcare averaged around $5 billion.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 4 In practice, thats proven difficulta systematic review of American healthcare data done in 2011 revealed high rates of re-identification, raising ethical concerns. 5 This brings forth other pressing questions, such as: How are AI datasets acquired in the first place? 10 Only 35.1