NEW ECONOMY

A fair economy that works for people and the planet.

Houston Janitors Win Union Struggle

by Megan Tady

posted Mar 06, 2006

The people who clean Houston's tallest buildings have won the right to organize and be represented by the Service Employees International Union.

Economic Rebirth After the Storm

by Meizhu Lui

posted Feb 24, 2006

United for a Fair Economy helps the devastated Houma Nation organize a new economic model for itself.

Bhutan's Secret for Happiness

by Pamela Chang

posted Feb 19, 2006

Gross National Happiness is the country's priority.

Omar Freilla: Green Worker Cooperative

by Carolyn McConnell

posted Feb 16, 2006

The story of a worker owned cooperative to recycle in South Bronx.

Out of Time

by Jonathan Rowe

posted Nov 08, 2005

The desperate quest to cram more into time has caused it to diminish. Could the cure for time scarcity be a vision of the Eternal?

Make a Living-With Dignity

by Michael Ramos

posted Nov 08, 2005

The religious community, labor unions, and community groups have come together to sponsor 122 living wage ordinances in towns large and small throughout the United States.

Java Justice

by Dee Axelrod

posted Nov 08, 2005

A Jewish Ugandan coffee farmer partners with Christian and Muslim neighbors to produce jobs, understanding, and a great coffee. Thanksgivingcoffee.com

Sustainable Fashion

by Andrew Lovejoy

posted Nov 08, 2005

Clothing from companies that use sustainable materials and manufacturing practices

Chad-Cameroon Project Violates Human Rights

by Sarah Fort

posted Nov 08, 2005

One of Africa’s largest development projects, the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline, is producing human rights violations along with its oil, says Amnesty International.

Work in San Francisco? No Sweat

by Andrew Lovejoy

posted Nov 08, 2005

Beginning in December 2005, the city of San Francisco will require all contractors to guarantee that any goods they supply are produced without “sweatshop” labor.

Fair trade: for everyone's benefit

by Lilja Otto

posted Nov 07, 2005

The fair trade movement has forged direct, stable, democratic trade relations between producers and consumers

What Can Congregations Do?

by Richard Lang

posted Nov 07, 2005

Three steps for congregations towards creating new economic practices of sharing

The Prophets Versus Empire

by Richard Lang

posted Oct 31, 2005

Is it time for Americans to build a culture that rejects empire and adopts the principles of the Jubilee?

Indicator: Wal-Mart Draws Canadian Opposition

by Valerie Doyle

posted Oct 04, 2005

Wal-Mart closes store in Canada that was unionized.

Book Review: Dilemmas of Domination by Walden Bello

by Saul Landau

posted Sep 26, 2005

Walden Bello, scholar activist, has written a manifesto on how globalization works and fails.