Winter 2019
Table of Contents
The Good Money Issue
In Depth
Explore SectionFrom the Editors
Introduction: The Good Money Issue
"The United States is one of the richest countries in the world. So why can’t we have X?” We hear this question all the time, where X is universal health care, affordable education, reliable infrastructure … take your pick.
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Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Circulating local dollars can’t create wealth when there’s not enough to begin with.
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield
Why Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution We Think It Is
The racial wealth gap is real. But a guaranteed income is not going to fix it.
Ed Whitfield
Here’s Enough Money to Pay Off All Millennials’ Student Debt
The largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever is on its way.
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz
One Way to Skip Wall Street and Invest in Your Community
Take it from someone who gave away his inheritance 35 years ago: The act of distributing your wealth will propel you forward.
Chuck Collins
Standing Rock’s Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks
The effort to divest from Wall Street—and stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here’s what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking.
Deonna Anderson
The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks
How marginalized groups are working to counteract historical wealth inequality.
Ivy Brashear
Foundations Have a Not-So-Charitable Secret
Philanthropic organizations invest about 93 percent of their money in Wall Street. But they are starting to make better choices.
Chris Winters
This Kind of Wealth Really Can Solve Our Problems
A life devoted to frugality taught me about “natural wealth” and the value of investing in community.
Vicki Robin
Solutions We Love
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This Is the Only Plant That Can Save Monarch Butterflies
Monarchs lay their eggs on this perennial wildflower along their migratory path to Canada. Plant it now and be nature’s ultimate wingman.
Terri Hansen
For Cookbook Author, Food Is an Ally Against Dementia
She can’t remember recipes, and food doesn’t taste the same, but Paula Wolfert believes that what she eats is key to helping her slow her cognitive decline.
Linda Ingroia
Our Ladies of Perpetual Activism: Nuns for Social Justice
These spirited sisters act to change the world in specific ways.
Liz Brazile & Sydney Worth
Culture Shift
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Why Rituals Are Good for Your Health
Research shows rituals reduce anxiety, improve performance and confidence—and even work on people who don’t believe in them.
Ari Honarvar
How Native and White Communities Make Alliances to Protect the Earth
Tribal nations have always been on the front lines of environmental protection. Now their neighbors are catching up.
Mary Annette Pember
Telling the Truth as a Means of Healing
A new documentary shows how one state is confronting Native American child removal.
Abaki Beck
