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Bree Newsome鈥檚 removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse reminds us that real change comes from people power.
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Own a Home in Just Four Years? This Co-Op Program Keeps Workers in the Neighborhood
Nearly half of Evergreen鈥檚 worker-owners have purchased homes through the program.
Why We Did an Issue on Debt
Good debts? We know it sounds crazy. But there鈥檚 a quiet revolution brewing in how we move money around, and we want our readers to know about it.
鈥淒on鈥檛 Owe. Won鈥檛 Pay.鈥� Everything You鈥檝e Been Told About Debt Is Wrong
With the nation鈥檚 household debt burden at $11.85 trillion, even the most modest challenges to its legitimacy have revolutionary implications.
Only 11 Percent of Kids’ Books Are About Characters of Color
Total cost of Social Security in 2013: $823 billion
Total income of Social Security in 2013: $855 billion
Current accumulated surplus reserve of Social Security: $2.8 trillion (1)
Infographic: The Real Reason You Have So Much Debt (It鈥檚 Not Crazy Spending)
$11.85 trillion in household debt has more to do with stagnant wages (and predatory banks) than shopping sprees.
The Indigenous Rituals That Heal Us
How the Medicine Wheel can guide us to transform communities that have suffered from racial injustice
What Native Hawaiian Culture Can Teach Us About Gender Identity
As the documentary Kumu Hina reveals, living between both genders is the more powerful 鈥渕ahu" way.
One Poem That Saved a Forest
How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.
Swapping Screen Time for Getting Dirty: Why Kids Need to Spend More Time Outside
In his book 鈥淗ow to Raise a Wild Child,鈥� Dr. Scott D. Sampson argues that the current disconnect between kids and the natural world is a threat to their physical, mental, and emotional health.
Truth and Reconciliation at Work: How These Commissions Help Heal Wounds From Racial Injustice
Fania Davis explains how Truth and Reconciliation Commissions can help communities heal from a history of racial violence and oppression.
Finding a House That Fits Is About More Than Just Size
Going from a suburban Versailles to a cabin in the woods was just what I needed to find home.
A Rabbi’s Plea: We Need Slavery Reparations In Order to Move Forward
It鈥檚 clear that the trauma of slavery continues to impact the contemporary American psyche.
Meet the Scientist Breeding More Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)
With honeybee populations on the decline, scientists, lawyers, and even artists have set out to save humanity's most important pollinators.
The US Has Spent $14B on Community Policing鈥擶hat Have We Learned So Far?
Gauging whether a community policing program has been successful ultimately depends on how you define success.
Things White People Should Never Say
鈥淚鈥檓 not racist, but...鈥� and other things to avoid saying when talking about race.
150 Years Later, Two Universities Answer for Their Founder’s Role in the Sand Creek Massacre
Under pressure from students and community members, Northwestern University and University of Denver take the first steps towards righting historic wrongs.
5 Medicinal Herbs Already Growing in Your Backyard
These herbs aren't just for cooking鈥攈ere's how you can use them to treat ailments from asthma to anxiety.
Is Populism Making a Comeback? What You Need to Know About Its History鈥擜nd Its Future
The 19th century populists gave us co-ops and workers' rights. Here's how we can build on their work to solve 21st century problems.
Can America Heal Its Racial Wounds? We Asked Desmond Tutu and His Daughter
South Africans surprised everyone by transitioning to a relatively peaceful post-apartheid society. Here鈥檚 what Americans can learn.
His Ancestors Were Slave Traders and Hers Were Slaves. What They Learned About Healing from a Roadtrip
We embarked upon a journey to test whether two people 聴could come to grips with deep, traumatic, historic wounds and find healing. We had no idea where we would end up.
Less than 1 Percent of Sweden鈥檚 Garbage Ends Up at the Dump
How the country heats its homes, and another 23 facts about our world today.
40 Acres and a Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 Trillion Today鈥擶hat the U.S. Really Owes Black America
Slavery made America wealthy, and racist policies since have blocked African American wealth-building. Can we calculate the economic damage?
Meet the Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter鈥擳he Hashtag That Still Fuels a Civil Rights Movement
Alicia Garza and two friends first tweeted #BlackLivesMatter to spark a conversation after the death of Trayvon Martin. Three years later, their hashtag has become a movement.
After Baltimore: It鈥檚 Time to Make Things Right鈥�
From slavery to police brutality, reconciliation begins with the truth鈥�.
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