The Challenge for Communities to Rise and Take Care of Their Own
As the federal government abandons its responsibilities, it will be up to the states, the cities, the communities, and the people to rebuild a unified state.
Local power
鈥淭he Price on Everything Is Love鈥�: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.
Resisting the Power Structures That Keep Colonialism Alive
We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
The Woman Who Pioneered 鈥淗ousing First鈥�
Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.
Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home
At a small farmers market south of Seattle, you鈥檒l find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.
Cooking Stirs the Pot for Social Change
Preparing food鈥攁nd letting others in our communities cook for us鈥攊s how we become good citizens who engage with the communities around us.
Why Women From Asia Are Confronting U.S. Fracking: Oil Extraction Equals Plastic Production
Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines.
Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom
A Kentucky program trains women to advocate for their reproductive health.
The Hope of a 鈥淏lue Wave鈥� Is Dangerous to Democracy
The best way to discourage voting鈥攁nd thwart democracy鈥攊s to predict a big win for any party. Here鈥檚 what the primaries are indicating about the political landscape ahead of the midterms.
High Schoolers Bring Their Love of Culinary Arts to Feed Local Homeless
It wasn鈥檛 enough for a group of students to provide free meals. They鈥檙e looking to tackle systemic problems.
Despite Prosecutor鈥檚 Attempts to Stop Her, Georgia Woman Keeps Registering Voters
Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.
It鈥檚 Young Black Women鈥檚 Turn in Michigan
At 23, Myya Jones is running for state representative. She鈥檚 at the forefront of a wave of Black women running for office.
Partisan Gerrymandering Could Soon Be Unconstitutional
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on two cases, anti-gerrymandering action at the state level is well underway.
Blacksmiths Turn Unwanted Guns Into Garden Tools
Shotguns often become hand spades, and a weapon like the AR-15 that was used in recent mass shootings has a thicker barrel that suits an afterlife as a mattock.
When 16-Year-Olds Vote, We All Benefit
A lower voting age rejuvenates democracy across generations.
Black Entrepreneurs Lead the Charge in Baltimore鈥檚 Economic Renewal
Rehabilitating derelict properties into sites for workforce training, manufacturing, and sustainable employment aligns with the priorities of the city.
An Unusual Way to Rescue a City From Blight鈥擝ees
As the city removes thousands of blighted properties, this couple saw an opportunity to support a cooperative economy.
Rejection of Gerrymandering in Ohio Suggests the U.S. Wants Fairer Elections
In both red states and blue states, steps are underway to limit how much districts can be drawn for partisan advantage.
Tiny Houses Alone Can鈥檛 Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here鈥檚 What Can
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden
Amid a housing crisis, a London neighborhood found a way to protect a parcel of rewilded land鈥攖hen transform it into something better.
A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted 鈥淲elcoming鈥� Policies
Where local governments collaborate with ICE, deportations have increased more than 75 percent. New Mexico shows a different way.
Students Look Beyond Gun Control Laws to Prevent Violence鈥攁nd It鈥檚 Working
As lawmakers argue over how best to address school shootings, student clubs are focused on reducing youth violence at schools and in their communities.
Why Redneck Revolt Says Deal With Racism First, Then Economics
Addressing our systems of White supremacy cannot be dismissed as 鈥渋dentity politics.鈥�
Trumpism Didn鈥檛 Just Lose鈥擯rogressives Won
It wasn鈥檛 just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn鈥檛 shirk the label.
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