80 Percent of Us Owe Money to Institutions. Can We Leverage It to Reduce Inequality?
Three visionaries discuss how America鈥檚 debt problem has transformed the movements they work with.
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Dangerous History: What the Story of Black Economic Cooperation Means for Us Today
African Americans have been pioneering co-ops as an economic strategy since the days of slavery. Author Jessica Gordon Nembhard on how centuries-old models can guide our economy today.
NYC鈥檚 Credit Unions Give Mom-and-Pop Stores a Chance, Despite Gentrification
They're a lifeline to business owners. So why do these credit unions have trouble growing?
Even The Wall Street Journal Is Asking Questions About How Ownership Should Work in a Democracy
The question of how the ownership of capital should be structured in a democratic society was raised by none other than Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer.
1.5 Million American Families Live on $2 a Day鈥擳hese Authors Spent Years Finding Out Why
For their new book, H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of America鈥檚 poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty, and how to make it happen.
Think Students Can鈥檛 Declare Bankruptcy? Think Again
Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start鈥攗nless they鈥檙e struggling with student loans. But a little-known provision is helping these borrowers take their creditors to court.
Land Trusts Offer Houses That People With Lower Incomes Can Afford鈥擜nd a Stepping Stone to Lasting Wealth
More than 200 land trusts around the country help struggling families buy their first homes, often in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Do Interest-Free Loans Make Sense? No, But They Do Make a Difference
Neighbors are helping crowdfund the dreams of local entrepreneurs, giving community businesses the chance to expand with interest-free loans.
Dispatches From the Edge of Change: Why Montana鈥檚 Fossil-Fuel Resistance Gives Me Hope
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are bringing back grizzlies, blocking oil equipment deliveries, getting arrested鈥攁nd having a great time doing it.
These Neighbors Got Together to Buy Vacant Buildings. Now They鈥檙e Renting to Bakers and Brewers
Though the model is new and small, it holds outsize potential for the many neighborhoods whose downtowns are controlled by faraway landlords or retail chains.
6 Ways You Just Got More Power Over Your Credit Score
A complex, for-profit system is behind these three-digit scores that affect your ability to borrow, rent, and work. Here's how regulators are putting credit score companies on notice.
Drugs, Sex, and Debt: It鈥檚 Time to Revamp 鈥淭he Talk鈥�
Let鈥檚 remove the shame from the conversation and help the next generation avoid the debilitating amounts of debt that keep us from buying houses or taking vacations.
鈥淵ou Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life鈥�: A Montana Professor on the Issue of Our Time
University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he鈥檚 standing up to tar sands extraction.
How One San Francisco Neighborhood Became 鈥淚mmune鈥� to Gentrification
With more than a quarter of the Tenderloin鈥檚 housing stock owned by nonprofits or the government, longtime residents have staying power.
These Former Debt Collectors Decided to Ditch the Industry, Buy Up Medical Debt, and Forgive It
Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico spent decades hounding debtors to pay their bills鈥攗ntil an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street inspired them to find a way to pay struggling people's debts.
After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I鈥檓 Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now
精东影业 co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
This New Rule Will Bring Secretive Corporate Tax Breaks to Light
Every year, governments spend tens of billions of dollars on tax breaks for private companies. Now, state and city governments will have to start reporting it as lost income.
LA’s New Car Share Program Offers Electric Vehicles to Low-Income Drivers
Funded by state cap-and-trade revenue, Los Angeles' program will introduce an electric car-sharing fleet to lower carbon emissions and serve disadvantaged communities.
A North Carolina Textile Co-Op Gives Immigrant Workers a Stake in the Business
In a state that lost 88 percent of its textile industry jobs in just 10 years, small worker-owned cooperatives are islands of rights and resilience.
Debt Collective Marches on New Orleans for Free Higher Ed
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about freeloading. It鈥檚 about what we鈥檙e willing to extend to each other as a society.鈥�
Economic Growth Doesn’t Make a Wealthy Nation, Safety and Happiness Do
Economist Kate Raworth explains why economic growth shouldn't be the only measure of a nation's wealth.
The Case for a 鈥淛azz Revolution鈥� Against Corporate Capitalism
Bottom up? Top down? Improvisation is the key to a middle way.
What鈥檚 Next for the World鈥檚 Largest Federation of Worker-Owned Co-Ops?
A conversation with Mondragon President Josu Ugarte on the future of the mega-cooperative.
How This Library Paid $1 to Install Its Solar Panels
In West Virginia, Solar Holler helps nonprofits install solar panels for less than the price of a cup of coffee.
These Friends from High School Bought an Abandoned Factory. Now They’re Distilling Artisanal Whiskeys鈥�
Much as blight can be contagious, so can renewal. How grassroots community groups are saving neighborhoods and building new businesses.
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