Compost Toilets and Self-Rule
The ecological toilet is one of today's most hope-filled expressions of people's power. How composting toilets help us take back our power and autonomy.
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Commentary: An Honorable Exit from Iraq
Poka Laenui outlines the 7 steps the U.S. should take to achieve an honorable exit from Iraq.
Not Your Grandfather’s SDS
Students for a Democratic Society is reborn, working with veteran activists to build movements for today.
7 Cool Companies
7 of the best current models for changing who owns, controls and benefits from business. Profits can flow to workers, consumers or the community - not just outside investors. And these businesses succeed.
Living Wealth: Better Than Money
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with heart.
Communities Take Power
Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.
Who Will Rule?
Big corporation have become de facto governments, and the ethic that dominates corporations has come to dominate society. But, citizen movements are proving that we can take on corporate power, and together build a future that works for all life. This article gives hope on how to change the current corporate rule to citizen rule.
Venezuela’s Co-op Boom
The boom of cooperatives in Venezuela is promoting employment and social justice at a grassroots level.
Horizontalidad: Where Everyone Leads
Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.
Sex and Power in Chile
The dynamics of sex and politics in Chile are slowly changing with the election of Michelle Bachelet, South America's first female President. However, tensions persist between the conservative Catholic Church, the male-oriented political elite, and women who are becoming increasingly economically empowered.
Cuba’s Cure
By investing in health care that is holistic and focuses on prevention, Cuba has created one of the most effective systems in the world. Cuban doctors are engaged in missions throughout poor parts of the world, exchanging medical know-how for positive diplomatic relations.
Evo Morales: Indigenous Power
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous
president, is forwarding a socially just agenda that promotes
the country's sovereignty and
multiculturalism.
Democracy Rising
Latin America's marginalized are mobilizing and changing the face of their nations' politics. From increasing national oil profits to rethinking regional trade plans, they are empowering themselves and lessening their dependence on the U.S.
Humanity for the Crossing
Some provide water, others education and advocacy. Individuals in border states are making human rights real.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Unabridged
The unabridged text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948: the first, comprehensive, internationally approved statement of rights.
Documentaries: Ready, Set … Action
Documentaries could be just another form of
entertainment. But some activists and filmmakers are teaming up
to use film to change the world.
Who’s Afraid of Economic Rights?
Invisible Rights: We'll protect your right to vote. But not to eat. Economic human rights are in the Universal Declaration, but not in the U.S.
Check Your Rights at the Border
Economic globalization is driving workers north. They increasingly leave their rights at the border.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—a U.S. Scorecard
In 1948, the world agreed on rights that belong to everyone. This Magna Carta for humanity sets a high bar that few governments clear.
Sometimes A Great Nation
The U.S. has a proud history of advancing human rights—and sometimes forgetting them. Historian Eric Foner proposes we give humility and respect a try.
Judy Wicks: In Business for Life
Judy Wicks learned how to build community, run a legendary restaurant, and start a national movement for just and sustainable business--all without leaving home.
How a Local Food System Builds Health and Community Wealth
Many communities in the U.S. ship food out—and ship the same food back in. What's the value of keeping it at home?
How Commerce Consumed the Commons
In a world where everything's for sale, we've forgotten that much of value happens outside the stream of commerce. Here's how we forgot--and how we're reclaiming the commons.
Buy Local to Multiply Your Money
Buying local products at local businesses
creates a ripple effect as those businesses and employees in
turn spend your money locally. In contrast corporate chains
send most of your money out of town.
Green-Collar Jobs for Urban America
Oakland discovers that green-collar jobs can revitalize its economy and sets out on the path to becoming a 'global green city.'
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