Steve Dubb
Senior Editor at Nonprofit Quarterly
Steve Dubb is a senior editor @NPQuarterly, where he directs its economic justice program, including the Economy Remix column & #RebuildTheEconomy webinars.
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1 day ago |
nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb
“We should not let the follies of Trump’s tariffs overshadow the follies of the gung-ho globalization that preceded them.” So said the award-winning economist James K. Boyce in a recent interview for Truthout. In 2022, the most recent year that data is available, the US trade deficit totaled $971 billion or 3.77 percent of the GDP. The last US trade surplus was in 1975. Over time, sustained trade deficits have led to the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs.
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1 week ago |
nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb
More than 200 people gathered at the Neighborhood Economics conference, which took place in Asheville, NC, in April 2025. The event had been scheduled for November but was postponed due to the damage Hurricane Helene had wrought two months before.
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2 weeks ago |
nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb
This year’s Just Economy Conference of 1,300 community development advocates, held by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) was unlike any other. Having taken place at the nation’s capital at the end of March, for many, the event marked the first national meeting they had attended since the national elections of November 2024.
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3 weeks ago |
nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb
The vast majority of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—an estimated 1,400 to 1,500 people out of 1,700—have received layoff notices, according to a lawsuit filed in court yesterday by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). A hearing was held on April 18 by Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Judge Jackson issued an order suspending the administration’s action for now.
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1 month ago |
nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb
Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. 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. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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For #IndigenousPeoplesDay2024, I thought I'd send out a brief note to call attention to Nonprofit Quarterly's Indigenous People's Day article collection @npquarterly. Hope you find some of these articles interesting and resources engaging. See: https://t.co/nmbWOYEjP7
