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The movement began as anti-consumerist. Yet now there are marketing ploys, feelings of inadequacy, and misplaced responsibility.
Economy
The president’s American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
The 15-Minute City, an urban concept in which all basic needs can be satisfied with a 15-minute walk or bike ride, is catching on in the U.S. as an indirect reaction to the pandemic.
Border walls aren’t necessary, and neither are the borders themselves in a world built on justice and equality, says author Todd Miller.
The economic impact of the pandemic has created an opportunity for the federal government to reconsider its traditional responses to poverty and unemployment.
Two words: energy justice.
Changing ownership and wealth distribution, even at a small scale, presents a model for how to ultimately address the climate crisis.
Biden’s infrastructure plans promise not just to boost the economy, but to fundamentally redefine the role of government.
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When a winter storm knocked out water service to tens of thousands of Mississippi residents, it was Black families that were hit hardest—and who organized their own relief efforts.
An attempt by thousands of mostly Black workers to unionize at a fulfillment center gives new life to the labor movement.
In the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment, an organization has worked to integrate new arrivals to Copenhagen by taking care of honeybees.
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