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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

After the Great Depression and World War II, President Roosevelt is pushed by organized labor, unemployed movements, and geopolitical urgencies to build the foundation for the welfare state. How can recognizing shared insecurity spur social change and create a strategy to redefine security? What would this let us create?

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

5 As they did, many became politicized; so, they began pushing for economic and social policies that would end discrimination and redistribute resources to the masses at home and abroad. The foundation compensated them for their time; if they needed childcare or transportation support, the foundation made sure it was provided.

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We recommend that in the coming years foundations put the power of their significant resources behind three themes, each with a different kind of transformative potential. In short, foundations must support grassroots organizations in telling a new story about economic inequality. This will never be easy.