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How Special Elections Could Cost the Republicans

This week, Georgia heads to the polls. Last week, the GOP in Kansas barely earned a win.

Mark Trahant | Apr 17, 2017

The Key to Feeding the World? It’s Healthy Soil

Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.

David R. Montgomery | Apr 15, 2017

How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience

Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.

Rosa González, Taj James | Apr 14, 2017

The Innovating, Creative Superpowers of ADHD

It is so common for self-employed people to have ADHD, the disorder could be renamed “the entrepreneur’s trait.”

Crystal Ponti | Apr 13, 2017

In Berlin, a Model for Creative and Affordable Housing

Cities with vibrant arts, music, and social scenes are being hit hard by gentrification. But Berlin’s “co-housing culture” shows that a city’s future doesn’t have to go that way.

Sarah van Gelder | Apr 12, 2017

Extractive Economy Jobs Are Not the Good Jobs Tribes Were Promised

After the construction phase of the Keystone XL, only 35 employees would be needed to operate the pipeline.

Mark Trahant | Apr 11, 2017

Local economies

Stereotyping Appalachians Feeds Only the Coal Industry

As a fifth-generation coal miner, I see the region’s Trump signs and pro-coal stickers as symbols of defense against a world that views us as lesser.

Nick Mullins | Apr 10, 2017

How One Person’s Small, Brave Compost Pile Changed New York City

While we work to make our government budge, don’t forget that we can also make change ourselves by starting small and local.

Colin Beavan | Apr 8, 2017

Local economies | Wealth and inequality

CEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That

Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.

Chuck Collins | Apr 7, 2017

Climate

Local economies

Promises to Coal Country Aside, Trump’s Budget Cuts Will End an Economic Lifeline

The Appalachian Regional Commission helps to create jobs and improve economic fortunes of “distressed counties” in West Virginia and Kentucky.

James Trimarco | Apr 3, 2017

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