New Economy
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How One San Francisco Neighborhood Became “Immune” to Gentrification
by Rick JacobusAug 24, 2015
- With more than a quarter of the Tenderloin’s housing stock owned by nonprofits or the government, longtime residents have staying power.
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Own a Home in Just Four Years? This Co-Op Program Keeps Workers in the Neighborhood
by Yessenia FunesAug 24, 2015
- Nearly half of Evergreen’s worker-owners have purchased homes through the program.
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Why We Did an Issue on Debt
by James Trimarco, Christa HillstromAug 21, 2015
- Good debts? We know it sounds crazy. But there’s a quiet revolution brewing in how we move money around, and we want our readers to know about it.
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I Learned More by Leading a Student-Debt Strike Than I Did at College
by Nathan HornesAug 20, 2015
- After graduating from Everest College with a bad education and no job prospects in sight, I refused to pay my student loans. Now I’m helping lead the first student-debt strike in America.
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“Don’t Owe. Won’t Pay.” Everything You’ve Been Told About Debt Is Wrong
by Charles EisensteinAug 20, 2015
- With the nation’s household debt burden at $11.85 trillion, even the most modest challenges to its legitimacy have revolutionary implications.
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These Former Debt Collectors Decided to Ditch the Industry, Buy Up Medical Debt, and Forgive It
by Araz HachadourianAug 17, 2015
- Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico spent decades hounding debtors to pay their bills—until an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street inspired them to find a way to pay struggling people's debts.
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After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I’m Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now
by Sarah van GelderAug 13, 2015
- YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
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Infographic: The Real Reason You Have So Much Debt (It’s Not Crazy Spending)
by Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn, Heidi BruceAug 12, 2015
- $11.85 trillion in household debt has more to do with stagnant wages (and predatory banks) than shopping sprees.
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The Crunch: Why Washington D.C. Hired a Herd of Goats (And Other News to Chew On)
by YES! StaffAug 12, 2015
- This week we’re talking about the future of work, a "masculine studies" program... and goats.
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This New Rule Will Bring Secretive Corporate Tax Breaks to Light
by Puck LoAug 07, 2015
- Every year, governments spend tens of billions of dollars on tax breaks for private companies. Now, state and city governments will have to start reporting it as lost income.
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This NYC Real Estate Co-Op Helps Small Businesses Stay Put
by Araz HachadourianJul 31, 2015
- A New York City co-op raises $1.2 million in pledges to fight gentrification and provide affordable rent for local business owners.
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The Weekly Crunch: Tiny Houses in Vancouver and Why the South Is the New China
by YES! StaffJul 29, 2015
- This week: Bee activists step up their game, Bernie Sanders lays out his views on all thing politicals, and fracking takes its toll on Oklahoma.
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Seattle Led the Country’s Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?
by Marcus Harrison GreenJul 29, 2015
- New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.
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A North Carolina Textile Co-Op Gives Immigrant Workers a Stake in the Business
by Cecilia GarzaJul 29, 2015
- In a state that lost 88 percent of its textile industry jobs in just 10 years, small worker-owned cooperatives are islands of rights and resilience.
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Debt Collective Marches on New Orleans for Free Higher Ed
by Araz HachadourianJul 24, 2015
- “It’s not about freeloading. It’s about what we’re willing to extend to each other as a society.”