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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

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Boston’s Fare-Free Bus Experiment

NonProfit Quarterly

Given how US policing disproportionately harms Black, Brown, and poor communities, eliminating fare enforcement is not just an economic issue but a racial justice demand. Highway to Hell The existing US transportation system causes and perpetuates several social, economic, and environmental harms.

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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

And they’re not looking for a nonprofit grantmaking vehicle; they’re looking for ways to invest in, say, businesses that will sustain not only their immediate family but an entire community, because of threats that their families are facing—whether political threats or climate or economic issues.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

We sat down for a conversation about how capitalism manufactures insecurity, how it is weaponized against us, and why we must embrace our shared vulnerability to create a safer and better world. Can you explain how insecurity stems from an existential human problem and how modern capitalism newly manufactures its experience?