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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

University of Mississippi professors Meagen Rosenthal and Anne Cafer explain that Black Americans are more likely to lack health insurance, a regular source of healthcare, or both. Perhaps even more concerning, of those who do not have insurance, nearly half have a chronic condition.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. Earning $1.30

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We, the Nonprofit Institutions: Transformation for Liberation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In this article, we will describe PolicyLink’s relationship with love and accountability, which begins with the 100 million people in this nation who live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. This requires us to also be accountable to our colleagues, our partners in the equity movement, and to anyone who joins us to win on equity.

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Building Economic Resilience in the Rust Belt: Buffalo’s Growing Co-op Network

NonProfit Quarterly

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. The team is also working to generate enough earnings to provide health insurance, paid time off, and sick leave—a rare level of economic security for restaurant workers.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a small business.

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Your Tennessee Legislative Recap for 2023

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

million to provide recurring funding for contracted case manager positions to assist with reducing caseloads for current staff. million to align DCS case manager salary with market salary regionally and in the private sector. 20 million to support crisis pregnancy non-profits.

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Your Tennessee Legislative Recap for 2023

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

million to provide recurring funding for contracted case manager positions to assist with reducing caseloads for current staff. million to align DCS case manager salary with market salary regionally and in the private sector. 20 million to support crisis pregnancy non-profits.