Before we get into it, we have a special announcement: Next week, NPQ will be launching our new suite of newsletters, reimagined and curated to offer a broader range of ideas and tools to better serve our readers. This week is the final issue of the Health Justice newsletter, but don’t worry! Health Justice articles will now come to you in a new newsletter called Justice This Week, which will highlight our best work at the intersection of health, racial, economic, climate, immigration, and LGBTQ+ justice. Stay tuned for more from our team about this change, including a preview of the other new newsletters that might pique your interest!

The Health Justice headline this week is the passage into law of HR 1, better known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on July 4. The health implications of this law are far-reaching and disproportionately burden the most vulnerable. The threats are very real, but so are the efforts to support and defend our communities: the advocacy efforts to protect Latine families from the effects of Medicaid cuts; the research underway to better understand youth mental health and wellbeing; the power of nonprofits to defend LGBTQ+ groups—when those organizations are themselves supported and defended boldly by their champions. 

It is in that spirit that we invite you all to take part in our campaign, #WeTheCivic—a month-long celebration of the people and nonprofit organizations doing the vital work of supporting communities, advocating for people-centered policy, and amplifying the truth. Our interim CEO and Editor in Chief Sara Hudson recently wrote about this campaign and why it’s so critical right now to center community voices, celebrate our civic impact, collaborate on democracy’s challenges, and champion its potential. We hope you’ll join us in flooding the feeds with nonprofit stories of democracy in action.