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Child Care Is a National Emergency

NonProfit Quarterly

Add to this equation the fact that according to census data analyzed by the National Women’s Law Center , on average, full-time working mothers are paid 75 cents for every dollar working fathers make. That gap is worse for mothers of color.

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Getting Capital to BIPOC Entrepreneurs: Some Pandemic Lessons

NonProfit Quarterly

A Muslim entrepreneur wouldn’t even consider applying for a small business loan because Sharia law prevents him from paying interest. Three months later, the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced its new investment priorities. Export restrictions severed supply lines for small manufacturers.

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Corporate Economic Blackmail and What to Do about It

NonProfit Quarterly

Image: “ Hiding From My Shadow” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” 6 If the Kansas City story sounds all too familiar, welcome to the land of economic development subsidies.

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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

But at the EconCon conference held in Washington, DC, in June, hosted by the Omidyar Network and a dozen nonprofit think tanks, speakers offered a far broader definition of public power— namely, the power of government to act on behalf of the public. This outsourcing of services is a major reason for the rapid growth of the nonprofit sector.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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Building a Solidarity Economy in the South (and Beyond)—Cooperation Jackson

NonProfit Quarterly

Image: “Color My World” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” Over the course of 10 years, Cooperation Jackson has developed, and is in the process of developing, many projects.

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Turning Toward EV Frontline Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Developed nations—which are responsible for most global carbon emissions—are racing for solutions. Developed nations have decided that instead of driving fewer vehicles, we will drive electric vehicles, or EVs. After receiving pushback from the European Union and manufacturers, the government softened the ban.