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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Work requirements are based on several problematic truths about the United States: an unwillingness to govern by fact rather than fiction, a deep history of racism and sexism, and a centuries-long capitalist work ethic that treats people as dispensable. They are administratively efficient.

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Read, Listen, Learn: 13 Great Books by Women Authors for Women’s History Month

Fundraising Leadership

In this book she points to the gaslighting, shaming, dismissing and silencing women have suffered in healthcare throughout history. Miranda Spivack, Backroom Deals in Our Backyards , How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back.

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How States Can Link Up to Support Human Rights

NonProfit Quarterly

By leveraging these compacts, states that share a vision of government as a protector and facilitator of human rights can collectively build robust structures to safeguard political and economic rights, even when federal institutions fail. In other words, a progressive response begins with using existing openings at the state level.