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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

1 The Dawn of the Nonprofit Sector Dunning begins the history of the nonprofit sector in the 1960s, when protests against discrimination prompted political leaders to look for solutions to persistent poverty. 9 The rents collected by CDCs strengthened market approaches to poverty, encouraging what we now may refer to as sustainability.

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Recognizing the Full Spectrum of Black Women’s Views on Homeownership Is Key to Progress

NonProfit Quarterly

This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing. Specifically, policymakers do not consider Black women living in poverty when developing programs that help people purchase and retain ownership of a home.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a small business.

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Supporting Black-Led Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rafia Khader , Program Manager at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and Managing Editor of the Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society. Recently, Lake Institute paired up with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) to learn more about American Muslims’ giving practices.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For a social sector organization or any other system to do this, it must ask: Are we prepared to make room for people to practice leadership in ways that differ from conventional management styles? Take the Center for Law and Social Policy , a nonprofit committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity.

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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. Alissa Quart: Definitely, it builds on Squeezed.