Martin Levine
Nonprofit Quarterly
Chicago, IL, United States
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Pressure to Tax Corporations Rises as Infrastructure Gaps Come into Full View
One question asked too little in infrastructure debates: How did US infrastructure needs become so vast to begin with? Corporate tax loopholes are part of the answer. → Read More
Coalition Seeks New Zoning Rules to Support Housing Affordability—and Integration
A nonprofit coalition in Connecticut seeks to rewrite state zoning frameworks to promote integration. → Read More
Stockton Study Shows Power of Universal Basic Income Support
In Stockton, California, a universal basic income program is shown to boost, not discourage, employment. → Read More
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Right to a Job
Representative Ayanna Pressley introduces a bill that would meet a long-time demand of the civil rights activists for federally guaranteed employment. → Read More
Data Show the Shift from Policing to Harm Reduction Saves Lives
In many cities—including Denver, Colorado and Eugene, Oregon—shifting first responders from police to mental health specialists is saving both money and lives. → Read More
Mortgaging the Future? A Dangerous Economic Coping Strategy Emerges
A survey by a financial advisory publication reveals a very dangerous economic coping strategy—millions of Americans are tapping retirement savings to make ends meet. → Read More
The People’s Inauguration Calls for Birthing a New Country
Can the US experiment be born anew? In a series of virtual events over the next 10 days, a group of social justice organizers is betting it can be. → Read More
Taking Risks During the Pandemic: A Nonprofit Survival Case Study
A Jewish study-abroad nonprofit faced a near-impossible task when COVID-19 shut down most travel. But there is a lot that can be learned from their journey. → Read More
The Problem with Philanthropic “Self-Accountability”
An African hunger alleviation program supported by the Gates Foundation imposes Western models and leads to failure. → Read More
The Turning Point: Museums Will Never Be the Same
Museums are historians in some ways, and in that role, they have often done a poor job, supporting a worldview which can be described as white supremacist. → Read More
On the Need for Thorough Restructuring after COVID
Without a response at the level of the New Deal or the Marshall Plan, our sector will be left to manage pain and suffering it will never be able to ease. → Read More
McKinsey’s Values-less Consulting: Time for Philanthropy to Cut Them Loose?
There is no excuse for any civil society organization to use McKinsey’s services until they find their moral compass, which has long been missing. → Read More
Millions of Americans Needlessly Go Hungry as US Politics Fails
A letter from 125 prominent economists reminds us that the hunger and suffering of millions of Americans is a policy choice, not an economic necessity. → Read More
Nurses: Profitmaking Is Out of Hand among Corporatized Hospitals
Hospitals are creating enormous profits while impoverishing many. → Read More
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Problem of Enlightened Philanthropy
It is important that many foundations increased their payouts in 2020. But this does not make larger issues of wealth, privilege, and elitism disappear. → Read More
The Transition’s at Risk. Our Democracy’s at Greater Risk
Efforts by the Trump administration to cast doubt on the presidential election results threaten to damage US democratic norms. → Read More
From Slogans to Action: How to Center Justice within Policing
Yes, cities can defund the police while increasing public safety. However, it requires a willingness to challenge traditional political power centers. → Read More
As Biden Calls a Nation to Heal, Our Work Is Cut Out for Us
A new president is elected and calls on the nation to heal—a task as necessary as it is challenging. → Read More
Maine’s Truth and Reconciliation Effort: A New Path Forward
TRC Commissioner Sandy White Hawk says truth and healing will happen only when the people are ready. Only then will deep and systemic change be possible. → Read More
Pandemic Impacts on Parents and Children Threaten to Be Long and Severe
As with so many other things, when it comes to family well-being and childhood education, COVID-19 deepens pre-existing inequalities. → Read More