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A Green and Fair Recovery

by Yvonne Liu

posted Feb 04, 2010

If equity factors prominently into the equation, an expanded green economy has tremendous potential to positively transform our communities, sustain the environment, and lift the quality of all our lives. But this won’t happen by chance.

Dave Moore: Fighter for Civil Rights and Working People

posted Jan 27, 2010

Video: A tribute to Dave Moore, an icon of the civil rights and labor movements, who passed away in the fall of 2009 at the age of 97.

Between Overworked and Out of Work

by Dean Baker

posted Jan 15, 2010

Giving employers incentives to offer paid time off would boost employment, stimulate the economy, and help the U.S. move toward a healthier life-work balance.

Growing Home—Urban Agriculture in Chicago

posted Dec 29, 2009

Orrin Williams of Growing Home explains urban agriculture's crucial role in rebuilding our cities and communities—from increasing job security and food access to decreasing the environmental impact of farming.

Crossroads in Copenhagen

by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

posted Dec 17, 2009

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins discusses the conflicting emotions that Copenhagen causes.

Seeds of a Movement for the Unemployed

by Jake Blumgart

posted Dec 15, 2009

Where do working Americans turn when they lose their jobs?

People We Love :: Lorraine Kerwood

by Keeley Harding

posted Dec 15, 2009

Rebuilding computers for the community.

How the Seattle WTO Protests Changed the World

posted Dec 14, 2009

Video: United Steelworkers remember the union role in taking on the WTO.

Recovery Act's Green Jobs: Weatherization in New York City

posted Dec 11, 2009

640,329 jobs have been created or saved by the Recovery Act. Green for All provides a glimpse into how the program affects the people who hold those jobs and the residents receiving weatherization services in New York City.

4 Quick Ways to Boost Employment

by Dean Baker

posted Dec 04, 2009

Rights for renters, flexible work schedules, and other ways to create jobs.

Looking Backward: Economics and the Cult of Yesterday

by Jonathan Rowe

posted Dec 01, 2009

GDP and productivity don't measure what's really going on in the economy—or in people's lives. Jonathan Rowe on measuring what matters.

Climate Hero Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

by Kate Sheppard

posted Dec 01, 2009

Green For All organizes minority and low-income communities to press for green jobs and mobilizes their grassroots power into a national force for an inclusive, clean-energy economy.

Last Mountain Standing: Coal River Valley Residents Fight for Wind Farm

by Jed Grubbs

posted Nov 24, 2009

The last intact mountain in West Virginia's Coal River Valley is slated for mountaintop removal coal mining. Local residents have other ideas.

NextStep Recycling

posted Nov 11, 2009

NextStep Recycling saves computers from landfills--providing employment, education outreach and technology access to low-income residents in the process.

Climate Hero Marcus Ryan

by Kate Sheppard

posted Nov 10, 2009

A former Obama campaigner helps neighbors find talented green workers to make their homes climate-friendly.