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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Over the last year, she had to visit the emergency room at the local hospital three times when she and members of her family developed severe respiratory symptoms. Elisa isn’t alone.

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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About

Stanford Social Innovation Review

He believed he’d been recruited as an IT administrator for a company called Samasource. hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies. hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies.

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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. percent of the entire US economy and growing), a per capita level of expenditure that is far higher than any other developed nation, yet health outcomes are poorer.

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Building Infrastructure to Support Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Akilah Watkins

NonProfit Quarterly

Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. The nonprofit sector is hugely important both economically and socially to this country.

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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

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Fixing the Forests Problem in the US

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Adam Wilson on unsplash.com This is the f ifth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.