Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Consumerism We Can Do Better Than Capitalism Entrepreneurs in all walks of life are showing that it鈥檚 possible to create companies with business models driven by social purpose. Frances Moore Lapp茅 | Mar 5, 2019
Consumerism 鈥淟ean In鈥 and 8 Other Bad Business Buzzwords A radical pessimist鈥檚 glossary of exploitative economics. Peter Fleming | Jan 16, 2019
Wealth and inequality Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks And we wouldn鈥檛 even have to tax the rich to pay for it. Ellen Brown | Jan 3, 2019
Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can鈥檛 Close the Racial Wealth Gap Circulating local dollars can鈥檛 create wealth when there鈥檚 not enough to begin with. Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 9, 2018
Mental health | Gender justice | Wealth and inequality The First Guaranteed Basic Income Program Designed for Single Black Moms The Magnolia Mother鈥檚 Trust asks participants what they need to not only pay the bills but also to fight generational poverty. J. Gabriel Ware | Nov 6, 2018
Wealth and inequality This Shelter Gives Homeless People What They Really Need鈥擫ong-Term Jobs A Fort Worth, Texas, program sees steady employment as an important step in helping guests rebuild their lives. Sydney Worth | Oct 29, 2018
Consumerism A Turning Point for the Global Economy The USMCA deal, also known as NAFTA 2.0, is a lot of things. But it is not free trade. Stan Sorscher | Oct 22, 2018
Local economies | Renewable energy | Pollution How Coal Country Is Cleaning Up Its Act A program in eastern Kentucky is retraining miners in industries that help mitigate the environmental impacts of mining on communities. Mason Adams | Oct 5, 2018
Consumerism | Wealth and inequality The Big U.S. City Trying to Break with Wall Street In a push to divest public funds from corporate giants, Los Angeles is asking voters to approve a city-owned bank. Ellen Brown | Oct 3, 2018
Cooperatives | Local economies | Local power A Boost for the Worker-Owned Economy A new measure will make it easier for retiring owners to sell their businesses to employees鈥攁nd save jobs into the bargain. Fran Korten | Sep 25, 2018
Wealth and inequality | Consumerism | Mental health How the Economy Affects Our Mental Health We evolved to be connected to nature and to one another, but our exploitative global economy is severing those relations. David Korten | Sep 18, 2018
Activism | Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Local power | Citizens United What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books. Jonathan Rowe | Sep 14, 2018
Gender justice | Affordable housing | Women For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way. Lornet Turnbull | Aug 17, 2018
Activism | Gender justice To Build These Homes, We Chose an All-Women Crew The Mudgirls collective redefines expectations about what a construction site is supposed to look like鈥攃hild care, breastfeeding breaks, and all. The Mudgirls | Jul 26, 2018
Why Does White Fragility Show Up at Workplace Diversity Trainings? One way that whites protect their positions when challenged on race is to invoke the discourse of self-defense. Robin DiAngelo | Jul 16, 2018
Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality For Asian Immigrants, Cooperatives Came From the Home Country For these communities, solidarity economics have been practiced out of necessity. But there are lessons we could all learn. Yvonne Yen Liu | May 22, 2018
Wealth and inequality | Consumerism Dear Jeff Bezos, Let鈥檚 Talk About Your Money and How It Can Actually Benefit the Planet An invitation to the wealthiest man in the world to consider putting Earth ahead of space. David Korten | May 11, 2018
Cooperatives | Wealth and inequality What Really Helps the Unemployed Find Full-Time Jobs Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed. Amanda Abrams | May 10, 2018
Wealth and inequality | Consumerism Tax Overhaul and the Immorality of Inequality A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse. Sarah van Gelder | Mar 28, 2018
Wealth and inequality | Consumerism | Democratic reforms It鈥檚 Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era Even when sensible adults finally take back government, 鈥渂ack to normal鈥 is not what we want. Chris Winters | Aug 21, 2017
Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Local power Worried About Rent Hikes, 301 Families Came Together to Buy Their Mobile Home Park And five other creative ways Americans are stepping up to build strong local economies. Araz Hachadourian, Christa Hillstrom, Olivia Anderson | Jan 9, 2017
Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Local power The Fix-It Shop Where Neighbors Repair Your Clothes and Electronics Three years ago, they started a program to keep salvageable goods from landfills by harnessing the community鈥檚 collective skills to fix them. Araz Hachadourian | Dec 20, 2016
Native rights 6 Solutions That Support Native Sovereignty鈥擣rom Tribal Schooling to Bison Herds Florida鈥檚 Miccosukee is the first tribe allowed to run its own school, where students fully participate in family and cultural activities. Araz Hachadourian, Christa Hillstrom | Dec 19, 2016
Wealth and inequality | Citizens United Another Victory for Workers in Seattle鈥擳his Time It鈥檚 Their Schedules Thanks to an ordinance passed last month, service and retail workers will finally get reasonable shift schedules, along with their $15-an-hour minimum wage. Melissa Hellmann | Oct 14, 2016
Finally, Jobs That Work for Parenting Right now I鈥檓 not worried about the glass ceiling. For now, with a young child, I鈥檓 embracing freelance work. Anne Miller | Sep 26, 2016