The people dying are moms and dads, kids and teenagers, nerdy, quiet boys and girls. This movement is showing what wholeness looks like and demanding an uncompromised justice.
These Cities Built Cheap, Fast, Community-Owned Broadband. Here’s What Net Neutrality Means For Them
Publicly owned broadband lets local communities from Iowa to Louisiana control a vital economic resource鈥攔ather than leaving it in the hands of a few monopolistic corporations. The outcome of this week's FCC vote could either help or hinder the path forward.
After years of work as a climate activist, Keith Harrington decided to get a degree in economics. Now, he鈥檚 working to transform the field.
How is it that so many of today鈥檚 police officers have come to resemble鈥攊n appearance, weaponry, and tactics鈥攊nfantrymen in the U.S. military?
What if we measured wealth in terms of life, and how well we serve it?
(And 22 other numbers that will help you understand our world).
This co-op south of Portland wants to strengthen the local food system by helping local farmers cooperate instead of compete with one another.
The idea of stewardship is too small. It鈥檚 not that we need to take care of Earth鈥攊t鈥檚 Earth that takes care of us.
At feminist hackerspaces, members are less interested in digital trespassing than in developing a safe community for experimenting, creating, and collaborating.
麻豆社事件 and more people have come to understand that behaving as if they hold all rights to Earth鈥檚 bounty amounts to an eighth deadly sin.
We need to shift the stories we tell ourselves about the value of elders, the care they need, and later life itself.
The people of Sarayaku are a leading force in 21st century indigenous resistance, engaging the western world politically, legally, and philosophically.
Fifteen years ago, the Portuguese had one of the worst drug problems in Europe. So they decriminalized drugs, took money out of prisons, put it into holistic rehabilitation, and found that human connection is the antidote to addiction.
The Nile Project is made up of musicians from different countries, musical genres, and traditions. Their purpose? To promote cooperation and cultural understanding as the diverse peoples of the Nile face threats from water scarcity and climate change.
Before meeting Geraldine, I鈥檇 assumed that most of the women from the 1940s were unaware of how capable they were. I was wrong.
There is something about listening to music, or playing it with other people, that makes you feel connected to those around you. Even science says so.
After 30 years, the practice of paying every resident鈥攊ncluding children鈥攁t least $1,000 has made Alaska one of the least unequal states in America. Here's what the rest of us can learn.
Buses, trains, bikes, and walking represent more than an efficient means of getting from one place to another. They move us toward a brighter future because of the many social and economic benefits they foster.
Three years ago, Matika Wilbur set out on an ambitious undertaking: a vast road trip across America to photograph members of all 562 of America鈥檚 federally-recognized tribes.
In this red state, publicly owned utilities provide electricity to all 1.8 million people. Here's how Nebraska took its energy out of corporate hands and made it affordable for everyday residents.
The banking system makes it tough for local businesses to get their hands on startup money. But creative entrepreneurs are finding solutions.
There are plenty of lessons to be taken from Syriza鈥檚 victory and the rise to power of Spain's Podemos party, but striving to speak to people rather than politics might be chief among them.
Community land trusts create housing that is permanently affordable. And they also help new city farmers get land.
Alternative business models such as worker-owned cooperatives are gaining ground, proving that a more just and sustainable future is possible.
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?
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