The next big trade deal is poised for a congressional vote in 2016. Here's what that means for the planet.
For nearly 20 years, the residents of this mostly African American Greensboro community had nowhere to shop for food. They tried to attract a big-box grocery store; when that didn’t work, they started their own.
Large utility companies control about 75 percent of the electricity market in California. A hybrid between a public agency and private utility, the new Community Choice program is a model for communities that want greener, cheaper energy.
This week, we bring you five pressing challenges blocking our way to a better economy—and a dose of solutions.
No global agreement is coming to save the day. Our powers lie elsewhere, in our communities especially, and this is where we must take the battle.
What if we gave everyone a universal basic income, and studied the adverse impacts of development before razing neighborhoods? The policy agenda of a national network you didn’t know existed.
The plan to build better, more connected, flourishing communities is here—and it won’t require putting a Starbucks on every block.
Just six companies control 63 percent of the commercial seed market. But seed libraries offer us an opportunity to reclaim the seed commons and create our own community food systems.
Because structural problems need structural solutions.
Just a year and a half after the St. Louis area became internationally known for racism, the city is considering building a billion-dollar stadium. If justice was our priority, says organizer Julia Ho, those tax dollars would be spent very differently.
By centering on race, seeing community members as experts, and changing policies, we can build an economy that benefits everyone.
For the past 10 years, University of Maine students have been fed by a giant corporate food distributor. If Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative wins the next contract, they’ll send millions of dollars to local farmers and fishermen instead.
The flourishing of farmers markets and credit unions demonstrates a longing for business that serves the common good. Can it infiltrate the Amazon-dominated, Uberized Internet?
Katrina Spade, creator of the Urban Death Project, talks about human composting and why she's trying to make it legal in Washington state.
Renegade farmers in Montana break from a long history of Big Ag and harmful monocrops.
Here's what they gave us, from comics to collage.
Capitalism vs. Climate: Naomi Klein’s New Film Takes Us From the Current Crisis to the World We Want
In "This Changes Everything," Naomi Klein lays out how industry interests are opposed to those of ordinary people—a point climate activists have had trouble communicating and been reluctant to fully embrace.
In her directorial debut, Afia Nathaniel brings the reality of Pakistan's child bride crisis to American audiences.
From campaign finance reform to protecting small business, Tuesday's elections had a few big victories.
When we work together, share meals together, and laugh together, we’re repairing relationships with the soil as a community.
Reinvestment could also unite students organizing for other forms of divestment, like prison divestment and divestment in solidarity with Palestine.
So far, the state isn’t stepping up to build a solar-powered future. That leaves the bulk of the work to residents.
Early results show Seattle passing the Honest Elections ballot initiative. Voters will receive four $25 “democracy vouchers” every election year, which they can donate to the campaign of their choice.
To debate this crucial issue in the new economy, we’re co-hosting a panel on November 9 with experts in the field. Please RSVP and join us!
Half of small businesses don’t make it past the first five years, and owners lose everything trying to pay off the loans. The Working World lets co-ops stabilize before repayment even begins.
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