Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Economy
Exploited sailors escaped to form egalitarian outlaw societies under the Jolly Roger.
Over 10 years, trillions of dollars in assets have been extracted from global fossil fuels.
Financial nonprofits are building capacity for transformative energy upgrades that could turn climate action dreams into realities.
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
Nonprofit organizations attract employees from diverse backgrounds, but often fail to create affirming workplace cultures for them.
Schools are federally mandated to provide extra support to students experiencing homelessness, but many students—particularly those of color—continue to fall through the cracks in California.
“Building the Block” is an original six-part series examining how communities are building cultural sustainability in their own neighborhoods and beyond.
The elimination of student debt is just the first step in mitigating the pervasive effects of racial capitalism.
A public bank would allow the state of New York to keep its money closer to home, and put it to good work.
A shift away from maximizing profits and to employee ownership can yield a more positive impact.
A historic drop in the child poverty rate over the past 25 years showed us exactly what to do when the pandemic hit.
Through a growing master-planned community, a faith-based nonprofit in East Austin is working to make a dent in chronic homelessness.
Changing course to transform into an ecological civilization will take international cooperation. But the U.S and China are setting a poor example.
The gig economy provides no safety net for its workers, but some activists are hoping to change that.
It’s time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable.
Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants helped organize far-reaching workers’ rights campaigns in industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.
Black and other farmers of color are seeing a restoration of land that was stolen or cheated from them as a key step to strengthening their economic power.
Experts on banking, public spending, and education policy look at the impact of Biden’s plan.
New York City’s Liberty Cleaners co-created an innovative training program that’s providing the skills to bring about their vision of the gig economy.
“When I think of the many ways we—laborers, neighbors, people in community with one another—are failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.”
The Dutch art of niksen—intentionally doing nothing, letting the mind wander—is much needed in our over-scheduled lives.
Frugality isn’t just a virtue practiced by bygone generations. It can also be a break with an all-consuming capitalist system.
Climate action, racial justice, and economic reform ultimately all have the same end goal. Our movements should unite behind it.
Solving the Mountain State’s endemic issues means a return to old-fashioned virtues of neighborliness and diligence.
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