The NPQ team brings you some of our favorite Health Justice articles from 2024.
Building #Blacksky
Rudy Fraser is part of a tiny team building a big vision: the new social media platform Blacksky.
In Sierra Leone, Nonprofits Are on the Frontline Against Mpox
Africa’s mpox outbreak is not yet under control. But in Sierra Leone, NGOs, health agencies, volunteer organizations, and an informed public are working together to protect public health.
Equitable Innovation to Confront the Divide in Health Technology
In our era of rapid healthcare transformation, technological innovations have brought many promising breakthroughs—but leave many marginalized groups without access. A deliberate, equity-focused approach to innovation could be the remedy.
AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities
The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) risks perpetuating historical injustice and harming marginalized communities. However, nonprofit leaders can be vital in transforming AI into a tool for justice and empowerment.
Can a COP Held in Oil Countries Stay Relevant?
COP29 has come to an end, with many questioning the effectiveness of a conference consistently held in countries with economies built on fossil fuels.
Missing Voices: How Climate Week Excludes Those Most Affected
Major global climate conferences need to decolonize climate justice by ensuring that those who have the most at stake have a voice.
How Extreme Heat Is Hurting People in India’s Slums
India experienced one of its longest and deadliest summers this year, and its 65 million residents of slums are bearing the worst impacts.
Legislating the Future: European Youth Climate Activists at the Policy Table
The year 2024 may seem like a very unpromising one for the environment; upon closer inspection, however, there are small yet resilient seeds of hope. This year, I’ve met people from all around Europe who are concerned to the point of fear about their local climate realities. But they have not lost hope—and neither should we.
A Letter to Philanthropy: Saviorism Will Not Save Our Ecosystems
Do not platform yourselves as experts just because you are wealthy. That money does not belong to you; it was extracted from those who should have a say in their own futures. Fund international solidarity; join the calls from those on the ground who are fighting development-aid schemes; and heed the calls of youth organizers who will inherit these ecosystems.
Toward Solidarity: Reparations and Land Back on California’s Horizon
: In California, two commissions seek to advance reparative justice. Can Indigenous and Black residents build the solidarity needed for success?
Racial Justice Conference Uplifts Importance of Local Organizing and Coalition Building
Held just a couple weeks after the 2024 presidential election, Facing Race—the largest racial justice conference in the country—emphasized local organizing and building coalitions.