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After 10 years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.
Whom to call, what to donate, and where to show up.
Alternative art spaces are critical to establishing connections for queer people, but especially for those living in rural areas, where community is smaller and less supported than in cities.
In Nashville, Tennessee, and Chicago, city planners are responding to demands for better neighborhood mobility and bicycling infrastructure.
The year’s most thought-provoking, important, or useful nonfiction books on empathy, kindness, and moving the conversation forward.

I fear losing the stillness I gained. But I take comfort in knowing that the abbey is there, that the monks are singing the hours, and that there is silence in between.
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
Send us your ideas by Jan. 25.

The Great Growth Con promises that economic growth—measured by gross domestic product—will benefit everyone, rich and poor alike.
Three creative ways to strengthen local food economies.
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
