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The author and activist talks with YES! about millennials, climate change, and how she can't imagine being alive at "a more thrilling, challenging time."
The question of how the ownership of capital should be structured in a democratic society was raised by none other than Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer.
They're a lifeline to business owners. So why do these credit unions have trouble growing?
Hinder is a reproductive justice messaging hub that tells you what your representatives say about women’s bodies. Meet the cabal of comics and writers behind it.
“I don’t trust anybody who says that they didn’t have some questions in their 20s.”
Holacracy aims to liberate workers from micromanagement by replacing bosses with code-like rules modeled on computer programming.
Drone footage shows nature taking back what’s hers; Washington high-school students build tiny houses for the homeless; and the epic tech battle over adblockers.
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If we keep putting it off for our grandchildren to deal with, there will be no turning back.
For their new book, H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of America’s poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty, and how to make it happen.
Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start—unless they’re struggling with student loans. But a little-known provision is helping these borrowers take their creditors to court.
A California tribe fights bottled water; an Argentinian province dedicates 1 percent of civil service jobs to transgender workers; and Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a blow to corporate politics.
The resolution, which passed unanimously, endorses the goal of having no kids in detention in Seattle. It’s a move that chips away at the school-to-prison pipeline.
There could be a different financial system, one where debt allows us to honor our freedom rather than our servitude.
More than 200 land trusts around the country help struggling families buy their first homes, often in gentrifying neighborhoods.
The White House released a new tool to help calculate the cost of college, “Black Twitter” revolutionizes the meaning of intellectual, and an anti-rape curriculum in Kenya shows promising results.
After the seizure of Rentboy.com, many in the sex worker and LGBTQ movements are finding common ground where they were once divided.
New landmark report announces national campaign to encourage Americans to walk more, by making communities safer and more accessible.
The Clean Power Plan is counting on states to cut carbon emissions. Will they be the new frontiers for change?
A college professor is calling for a massive student-debt strike next year with only one necessity: that as many debtors as possible refuse to pay.
More than 200 cities have civilian boards that recommend consequences for police who break the rules. Most boards lack enforcement power, but Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is trying to change that.
From computer screens to street play, these three game developers are redefining the medium by revealing a powerful new social potential in games.
Scotland takes a new approach to sex work legislation, the VW bus is coming back greener than ever, and Iceland's citizens urge their government to do more for refugees.
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