As the city removes thousands of blighted properties, this couple saw an opportunity to support a cooperative economy.
There is a streaming service that can benefit both artists and listeners.
As sex education steadily loses federal funding, this program teaches kids about personal body safety—and that abuse is never their fault.
The houses are affordable and energy-efficient, and are bringing back elements of the Secwepemc’s hunter-gatherer culture.
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
Wealth accumulation has its roots in stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen lives. But you can organize other privileged people with compassion.
On Twitter, #MyNakbaStory allows descendants of the 700,000 exiled during the formation of Israel to honor their past—and continue their protests.
It’s a holiday intended for introspection and community, something Muslims and non-Muslims alike can benefit from.
“I wake up early, I spend all day on the farm, working hard, managing the workers, planting, harvesting, selling, teaching—I do all of this out of love.”
Childhood ends when a black child is criminalized.
In both red states and blue states, steps are underway to limit how much districts can be drawn for partisan advantage.
An invitation to the wealthiest man in the world to consider putting Earth ahead of space.
Low housing prices, good school systems, and friendly neighbors make small-town living an appealing option for young people—but is it for everybody?
Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed.
The nation’s first USDA-certified organic campus integrates farm work and food production into every aspect of student life.
At Miami University in Ohio, the Myaamia Center is revitalizing culture and building racial equity. The project was decades in the making.
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
Amid a housing crisis, a London neighborhood found a way to protect a parcel of rewilded land—then transform it into something better.
If there’s one thing the American food movement could learn from the global movement for agroecology, it’s that movements move government policy, not the other way around.
One of organic agriculture’s benefits is that it retains and attracts young farmers—the key to rural reinvigoration.
The “Moss-in-Prison” project helped me bring my love for trees and forest to men and women in the deepest windowless reaches of the prison system.
A new memoir explores why it’s OK to be uncertain about your identity at any age.
Biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber takes a walk on a spring night—and experiences the interconnected relationships of nature.
“How White allies can dismantle White supremacy is probably the crucial social issue of our current time. White people have the power and the privilege, and nothing will change until
A recent federal report shows boys, black students, and students with disabilities get kicked out of school at higher rates than their peers.
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