The U.S. Has Nearly 600 Coal Waste Sites. Why They’ve Got West Virginians Worried
Residents fear that coal-contaminated water is seeping into their wells. But a lack of evidence is stalling action.
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“I Wish My Teacher Had Known…”—Adults on How Teacher Empathy Could Have Changed Their Lives
Teachers don't always know the challenges kids deal with outside of the classroom. Sometimes talking can make all the difference.
Food Stamps Are Worth Double at These Michigan Farmers Markets—Helping Families and Local Businesses
The USDA is putting $31 million behind a program that helps low-income families take home twice the veggies, and local farmers make twice the money.
Big City Living May Help You Slow Down, Stress Less, and Be Happy. Really!
From New York City to Barcelona, cities across the world are turning to “slow living” to make their communities happier and healthier in the face of increasing urbanization.
A Trade Rule that Makes It Illegal to Favor Local Business? Newest Leak Shows TPP Would Do That And More
The leaked text is full of dense legal jargon. But a close reading makes its corporate agenda crystal clear.
How I Learned to Ask For Handouts (No Matter How Weird It Feels)
Farming and writing don't bring home the bacon—why I'm no longer ashamed to ask my community to help.
We Aren’t Alone in Our Cities: 12 Ways Animals Have Adapted to Urban Life
City living is changing animals in surprising ways. But they’re also transforming the cities they share with us.
What If Uber Were a Unionized, Worker-Owned Co-Op? These Denver Cabbies Are Making It Happen
Workers at app-driven companies like Uber don’t have the rights of full employees. But with the help of traditional unions, some are banding together into worker-owned cooperatives.
8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada’s Mega Tar Sands Pipeline
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick.
When It’s Time to Hand the Farm to the Next Generation, the Simple Life Is Anything But
This year’s muddy spring presents my family with the chance to pull together more closely than ever.
Drink Your Way to Sustainability With These Climate-Conscious Microbrews
It’s the weekend! Plan your happy hour with our interactive map of forward-thinking breweries.
In a Win for Opponents of Mountaintop Removal, W.Va. Govt Decides to Study Health Impacts
The state's shift in approach is also good news for environmentalists worldwide, who want to see more urgency in transitioning away from fossil fuels.
What Your Town Can Learn From America’s Most Walkable Suburb
It's got great transit, plenty of sidewalks, and values people more than cars.
Call for Submissions: Debt, Power, and Life After Loans
Rolling Jubilee, debtors unions, underwater mortgages, and more: We're about to dive deep into debt. Send us your pitches by April 13!
This Activist Went to Prison for the Climate. Now He Wants Churches To Take Moral Leadership
The movements that persevere are those that find a form of hope, even in dark times.
Monica Lewinsky Was the Internet’s First Shaming Victim. Here’s How She Overcame It
“Shame cannot survive empathy,” Lewinsky reminds us. The growing trend of online public shaming can only be curbed by compassion.
How to Become a Citizen Eater: A Trip Behind the Labels of Your Ethical Cup of Coffee
Labels like "fair trade" and "direct trade" indicate food is ethically sourced—but how do you know what they really mean, and whether they're effective?
A March Madness Makeover: 5 Ways to Bring Fairness Into College Basketball
March Madness is now a bigger cash cow than the Super Bowl, but in college sports the only people not getting a piece of the billion-dollar pie are the players.
Why “Broad City” Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation
The Comedy Central show allows millennials of a specific demographic—and even those outside of it—to laugh at the situation the 1 percent has handed them.
Climate Scientists Are for Real—Video Project Shows They’re Parents, Neighbors, Just Like You
The project offers climate scientists a chance to speak to the public for themselves.
7 Myths About Housewives, Debunked
Are housewives less ambitious than career women? Are they bad feminists? Read on to go beyond the stereotypes.
Alternative Currencies Are Bigger Than Bitcoin: How They’re Building Prosperity From London to Kenya
The Brixton Pound, Koru Kenya, and Mazacoin are all attempting to achieve a common goal: empowering people in a monetarily unequal world, from the bottom up.
Do Corporations Really Need More Rights? Why Fast Track for the TPP Is a Bad Idea
We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.
Craigslist Saved 5M Tons of Stuff From Landfills—And 4 Other New Stats on Local Economies
Exactly how much difference do “new economy” organizations make? Economists looked into it, and here are a few of their results.
What’s the True Impact of the Alternative Economy? Researchers Decide It’s Time to Find Out
Successful initiatives are investing in human relationships, not faceless call centers or centralized headquarters.
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