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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. Yet, in our siloed and disease focused healthcare systems, the root causes for poor health and disparities go largely ignored.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

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America’s Broken Safety Net—and How to Address It: An Interview with Alissa Quart

NonProfit Quarterly

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. Interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

He needs to be dispossessed not just for society’s benefit but for his own mental health and wellbeing. How can recognizing shared insecurity spur social change and create a strategy to redefine security? One way of understanding the welfare state is that it is a kind of social risk management. What would this let us create?