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Deaths from Climate Change are Poverty Deaths

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Max Winkler on Unsplash “When people die of heat, they are actually dying of poverty,” the New York Times wrote in 2023 about a devastating heat wave during which 10 people died in Texas. But around the world, the climate emergency underscores the ongoing emergency of poverty.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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How to Help People of Color Become Homeowners: Data from Philadelphia

NonProfit Quarterly

In Philadelphia , there are expensive historic districts, clusters of new luxury construction, walkable rowhouse neighborhoods, and areas that are indistinguishable from the nearby suburbs in look and price. Investors and Changing Market Values Real estate investors look for neighborhoods where they can make a profit.

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Making Policy Work for Rural Communities: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In 2021, the estimated economic value of these family caregivers’ unpaid work was approximately $600 billion. seniors over 85 live in poverty, only 8 percent who live in multigenerational households live in poverty, a 40 percent reduction. While 13 percent of U.S. But that, too, is changing.

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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, in February 2025, the Kaneland School District in Kane County, west of Chicago, drafted a complaint as a prelude to suing the City of Sugar Grove over the tax increment financing for a massive development involving housing, business, and warehouse construction known as The Grove. According to City data, of the $30.8

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Okinawa and the Link Between Socioeconomic Disparities and Colonialism in Japan

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.