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These Former Debt Collectors Decided to Ditch the Industry, Buy Up Medical Debt, and Forgive It

Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico spent decades hounding debtors to pay their bills—until an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street inspired them to find a way to pay struggling people's debts.

Araz Hachadourian | Aug 17, 2015

Jobs

Infographic: The Real Reason You Have So Much Debt (It’s Not Crazy Spending)

$11.85 trillion in household debt has more to do with stagnant wages (and predatory banks) than shopping sprees.

Heidi Bruce, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Aug 13, 2015

Debt Collective Marches on New Orleans for Free Higher Ed

“It’s not about freeloading. It’s about what we’re willing to extend to each other as a society.”

Araz Hachadourian | Jul 24, 2015

Economic Growth Doesn’t Make a Wealthy Nation, Safety and Happiness Do

Economist Kate Raworth explains why economic growth shouldn't be the only measure of a nation's wealth.

Araz Hachadourian | Jul 17, 2015

Citizens United

Obama’s Push for Corporate Rule: A Moment of Opportunity

Call it populism versus corporatism or democracy versus corporate rule. Either way, it is a far more meaningful political division than two political parties debating big government versus small.

David Korten | Jun 26, 2015

Why “Broad City” Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation

The Comedy Central show allows millennials of a specific demographic—and even those outside of it—to laugh at the situation the 1 percent has handed them.

Kate Aronoff | Mar 18, 2015

Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality—By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year

After 30 years, the practice of paying every resident—including children—at least $1,000 has made Alaska one of the least unequal states in America. Here's what the rest of us can learn.

Peter Barnes | Feb 3, 2015

Sustainable food and farming | Racial Justice

What White People Can Do for Food Justice

Creator of Master Cooks Corps train-the-trainer program Chef Nadine Nelson says White people in the food movement should ask themselves: What are you doing to hold yourself accountable to people of color?

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 24, 2015

Jobs

How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today

Instead of loaning students money, the federal government could just pay for their tuition, without causing any significant economic problems.

Raúl Carrillo | Nov 13, 2014

Welcome to the Spanish Town Where People Come Before Profit

The town of Marinaleda, often called Spain's "communist utopia," is proof that an economy built on mutual aid is possible.

Jen Wilton, Liam Barrington-Bush | Jul 17, 2014

Dad and Kids at Beach photo by Shutterstock

Learning From Debt: How It Strengthened My Dreams and Brought My Family Closer

The experience of debt can guide us toward different ways of living—like having extended generations share a household—that are both cheaper and more fulfilling.

Shannon Hayes | Jul 3, 2014

Black Women's Blueprint Team courtesy of Black Women's Blueprint

Local economies

“Black Women’s Blueprint” Helps Low-Income Women Get By—Through Bartering

Farah Tanis learned that, of the women in poverty she worked with, 9 out of 10 had experienced violence—so she started a bartering network to help them survive.

Laura Flanders | May 31, 2014

Citizens United

Our Economy Wants You to Be In Debt—5 Things You Can Do to Take Charge

We pored through a debt-resistance manual created by former Occupiers to bring you these practical tips.

Liz Pleasant | May 22, 2014

In Rural Kansas, an Experiment Makes Hitchhiking Safe Again

The people behind the project borrowed some tricks from ride-sharing apps like Lyft, but tweaked the details so the rides are free.

Jennifer O'Brien | Apr 23, 2014

Artist’s Dollar-Bill Collages Question the Meaning of Money

"Anarchists are certain I'm an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor," artist Mark Wagner says. "Capitalists think I'm a capitalist because I revel in it."

| Nov 16, 2013

Brand New From Annie Leonard: The Story of Solutions

The final film in the “Story of Stuff” series asks, What if the goal of our economy wasn’t more, but better—better health, better jobs, and a better chance to survive on the planet?

Annie Leonard | Oct 2, 2013

Bitcoin’s Growing Influence: How Peer-to-Peer Currencies Are Taking Off

The decentralization and bank-free nature of this digital currency is enjoying wider acceptance. Meanwhile, governments are beginning to borrow from its ideas.

| Sep 21, 2013

It’s a “Story Problem”: What’s Behind Our Messed-Up Economy

The peoples of earlier times prospered from the guidance of simple stories that offered answers to their deepest questions. We need those now more than ever.

David Korten | Jul 19, 2013

Local economies

The Bright Side of the Money Crisis

Is this “the most exciting time to be alive in human history”? The economists and scientists interviewed in this film think so, and the reasons are all about the chance to create a more fair and sustainable global economy.

| May 7, 2013

Sustainable food and farming | Cooperatives | Local economies

What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger

Back in the ’60s, Frances Moore Lappé realized that hunger is caused by a scarcity of democracy, not food. Then, a collective of courageous women farmers showed her how to change that.

Frances Moore Lappé | Jan 26, 2013

Citizens United | Local economies

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