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How to Reclaim the Narrative—and Power—in Post-Truth America

Hope plus action and investment equals revolutionary muscle. Now is the time for the progressive majority to set the terms of the conversation.

Onnesha Roychoudhuri | Aug 6, 2018

Local economies | Citizens United

The Challenge for Communities to Rise and Take Care of Their Own

As the federal government abandons its responsibilities, it will be up to the states, the cities, the communities, and the people to rebuild a unified state.

Chris Winters | Jul 24, 2018

Cooperatives | Local economies | Affordable housing | Citizens United

“The Price on Everything Is Love”: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services

A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.

Kevon Paynter | Jul 19, 2018

Native rights | Indigenous lands

Resisting the Power Structures That Keep Colonialism Alive

We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Jul 17, 2018

Wealth and inequality | Citizens United | Affordable housing

To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold

The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.

Lornet Turnbull | Jul 13, 2018

Mental health | Affordable housing

The Woman Who Pioneered “Housing First”

Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.

Travis Lupick | Jul 11, 2018

Immigration | Cooperatives | Local economies | Sustainable food and farming

Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home

At a small farmers market south of Seattle, you’ll find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.

Lornet Turnbull | Jun 29, 2018

Native rights | Activism | Sustainable food and farming

Cooking Stirs the Pot for Social Change

Preparing food—and letting others in our communities cook for us—is how we become good citizens who engage with the communities around us.

Korsha Wilson | Jun 27, 2018

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Activism | Pollution | Water

Why Women From Asia Are Confronting U.S. Fracking: Oil Extraction Equals Plastic Production

Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines.

Isabelle Morrison | Jun 25, 2018

Reproductive rights | Education | Activism | Gender justice

Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom

A Kentucky program trains women to advocate for their reproductive health.

Ivy Brashear | Jun 20, 2018

Citizens United | Democratic reforms | Clean elections

The Hope of a “Blue Wave” Is Dangerous to Democracy

The best way to discourage voting—and thwart democracy—is to predict a big win for any party. Here’s what the primaries are indicating about the political landscape ahead of the midterms.

Chris Winters | Jun 18, 2018

Activism | Democratic reforms | Clean elections | Voter suppression | Citizens United

Despite Prosecutor’s Attempts to Stop Her, Georgia Woman Keeps Registering Voters

Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.

Adam Lynch | Jun 12, 2018

Clean elections | Citizens United | Women | Democratic reforms

It’s Young Black Women’s Turn in Michigan

At 23, Myya Jones is running for state representative. She’s at the forefront of a wave of Black women running for office.

J. Gabriel Ware | Jun 11, 2018

Activism | Citizens United | Gun Violence

Blacksmiths Turn Unwanted Guns Into Garden Tools

Shotguns often become hand spades, and a weapon like the AR-15 that was used in recent mass shootings has a thicker barrel that suits an afterlife as a mattock.

Julia Travers | Jun 5, 2018