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Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline from the Courtroom to the Plains

Julia Trigg-Crawford claims that the state of Texas has no process to determine whether projects that seize landowners' property are really in the public benefit.

Anna Simonton | Dec 19, 2013

Image courtesy Mobile Loaves and Fishes.

Tiny House Village to Shelter the Homeless in Texas

The project, which is set to break ground next year, will include places for residents to live, garden, worship, and work.

Kelly McCartney | Dec 17, 2013

Health care

This Farmhouse Cookbook Will Show You How Gathering at the Table Can Revive Your Spirit

Visit the remote kitchen of a writers' refuge where Dorothy Allison, Ruth Ozeki, and other women discovered radical hospitality for the body and soul.

Dec 13, 2013

Jobs

Only 4 Percent of the Lowest-Wage Workers Get Paid Family Leave: Could a New Law Change This?

Many small businesses do want to give their workers paid time off to care for new babies and sick family members, but lack the means. How a new bill could make it possible.

Elizabeth Ben-Ishai | Dec 13, 2013

Wild Eats, Resilient Farms, and Freedom From Money: 3 Holiday Reads for the Radical Homemaker

Books should light up our lives—especially during the dark days of winter. Here are a few to pass along.

Shannon Hayes | Dec 11, 2013

John Fullerton: What If We Thought About Fossil Fuels the Way We Thought About Slavery?

The student-led movement to divest from fossil fuels is helping us think about the issue in a very different way.

GRITtv | Dec 11, 2013

Renewable energy

Measuring Fukushima’s Impact: How Geeks and Hackers Got Geiger Counters to the Masses

Thousands of ordinary people have contributed to a crowd-sourced effort to measure Fukushima's impact.

Erika Lundahl | Dec 7, 2013

“Cherished Ideal”: A Tribute to Nelson Mandela

This video tribute to Nobel Peace Laureate Nelson Mandela recounts moments in South Africa's history alongside quotes from some of his famous speeches.

Dec 7, 2013

Health care

Can Football Teach Boys Compassion Instead of Aggression? Two Videos Show Us It Can.

Two videos making the rounds online show us what happens when boys embrace their vulnerability and support one another's emotional needs.

Ariel Chesler | Dec 7, 2013

Photo Essay: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Joins the Green Museum Movement

LEED certification is tricky for museums, which must carefully regulate temperature and humidity. That makes this brand new building in small-town Washington all the more remarkable.

Dec 6, 2013