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Rio+20: A Defining Choice
How can we create an economy that serves the health and well-being of both people and the planet? Follow the Earth’s lead.
The Other Side of Gainful Unemployment
The downsides of doing it all.
What Comes Next?: Building on Occupy and the 99% Spring
Many movements, many similar messages. What could the increasing cooperation between protesters mean for the future of the 99 percent?
Lessons for Building Lively Local Economies
Grace Boggs on what she learned at the 2012 BALLE conference.
The Perks of Being Gainfully Unemployed
Is job security real security? Shannon Hayes makes the case for diversifying your income.
How Small Groups Can Power Big Change
Progressive social movements don’t often take inspiration from conservative megachurches. But their lessons about organizational structure may be worth a second look.
Why This May Day Matters
This year, the day is about occupying the space and the time to create a different world.
A Plea for Rio+20: Don’t Commodify Nature
David Korten: Indigenous wisdom reveals a path to the future that does not include a buy-out of the earth’s natural systems.
Radical Homemaking … In the South of France?
Shannon Hayes: Do radical homemaking and foreign travel mix?
ALEC Retreats, Sort Of
Following activist pressure and corporate defections, ALEC says it’s dropping its Stand Your Ground and voter ID efforts. So what comes next?
What to Make of the ALEC Exodus
What the corporate departures mean—and don’t.
How to Fix Health Care Without the Mandate
Why truly affordable care means single-payer.
What We Owe Adrienne Rich
The late poet was a patriot who wrestled for the soul of her country.
When Bankers Rule the World
How we can call out the myths, restructure the banking system, shut down the con game, and take back America.
A World Bank President We Can Get Behind?
The candidates for next month’s selection could finally change the game of serving markets over people—and we all might have a role to play.
Stand Your Ground to Stop the Violence
What can be done to stop needless violence like the killing of Trayvon Martin?
At the Crossroads of Climate and Food
What role do cities have in promoting climate-friendly food?
In Small Groups and Small Towns, Opposition to Citizens United Spreads
Ordinary, introverted Jennifer Robinson helped convince her town to officially oppose the Supreme Court decision. You can, too, with a little help from your friends.
Vermont Votes to Overturn Citizens United
From town meetings to the state legislature, Vermont is sending a strong message on corporate involvement in politics.
Occupy Takes On ALEC
Occupy’s latest target: corporations that write their agendas into state laws.
