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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Which path wins out will depend on the datasets and designs of the emerging technologies as well as whether or not robust regulations are put in place to guide the scientists at the helm. 9 In addition, those who are diagnosed often experience more severe and disabling symptoms than those experienced by other races and ethnicities.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. Emerging Technologies: Potential and Risks Technological innovations are often lauded as a panacea for global health challenges.

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How to Achieve Belonging without Othering: A Conversation with john a. powell

NonProfit Quarterly

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Technology has changed all that. jp: First, we wanted to expand the conversation beyond race.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. This is directly connected to another essential component of scale which usually requires a great amount of capital to be implemented: technology.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Wealthy philanthropic organizations often view issues through the lens of scientific, technological, and financial superiority. Unfortunately, our blind faith in solutions and the capabilities of new technologies can lead to a careless attitude towards creating problems.

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Some Nonprofit Workers Still In Poverty, Struggling Financially

The NonProfit Times

poverty level, and another 17% qualified in the category of ALICE ® ( A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed). ALICE nonprofit employees live in households that earn more than the federal poverty level, but less than what it costs to survive in the counties where they live. The national data will be tracked over time.

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The report is just one of many clarion calls to act urgently, not just on climate change but also on climate justice: the process of finding solutions to climate change that also address social inequities due to gender, race, ethnicity, geography, income, and other factors.