Families & Homes

Place, community, and the people we love.

Making Sense of the Foreclosure Mess

by Doug Pibel

posted Oct 13, 2010

Why are mortgage holders suspending foreclosures? And what will happen to homeowners?

People We Love :: Chef Ann Cooper

by Tiffany Ran

posted Sep 29, 2010

Fighting for healthy school lunches

Raffi: Building A World Fit for Children

by Raffi Cavoukian

posted Sep 16, 2010

A movement to put children’s rights at the center of our collective decisions is taking hold—and it’s good news for adults, too.

Resilient Ideas: A Hand-Built Home

by Sven Eberlein

posted Sep 11, 2010

No fortune? No skills? No problem. How a novice builder used mud–and teamwork–to make a house from scratch.

Resilient Ideas: Reclaim, Repair, Rebuild

by Susan DeFreitas

posted Sep 09, 2010

How the rebuilding boom improves communities, benefits the environment, and even creates jobs.

Movies, My Kids, and Me

by Shannon Hayes

posted Sep 08, 2010

Shannon Hayes used movies to give her daughters—and herself—an occasional break. Then they began to take over.

Homeowners’ Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof?

by Ellen Brown

posted Aug 18, 2010

The financial juggling that helped cause the 2008 crisis may be coming back to haunt banks—and help homeowners.

On Facing Judgment

by Shannon Hayes

posted Aug 17, 2010

Live radically, and you’ll inevitably face the judgment of others. For Shannon Hayes, loving unconditionally is the antidote.

Building a Handmade Cob House

posted Aug 13, 2010

My Tiny, Free House

by Michael Janzen

posted Aug 10, 2010

Michael Janzen had a big house and a big mortgage. Then the financial crisis hit, and he wondered just how small, and how cheap, a house could be.

Leaving It Up To Them

by Shannon Hayes

posted Jul 28, 2010

What happens when children raised in radical homes choose the straight and narrow?

Time for a Tech Sabbath?

by Erika Kosina

posted Jul 12, 2010

Americans are finding that a day of rest is still a good idea.

People Without Homes, Homes Without People

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Jun 24, 2010

In New York City, low-income people fighting for affordable housing are taking on the developers of vacant condo projects.

The Case for Sustainable Meat

by Shannon Hayes

posted May 12, 2010

Can meat have a place in the life of a “radical homemaker” trying to live sustainably? Farmer Shannon Hayes believes it can.

The Kid Question

by Shannon Hayes

posted Apr 14, 2010

How one woman decided whether reproduction had a place in her quest for a sustainable life.