The Elephant in the Room: What Trump, Clinton, and Even Stein Are Missing
What is the most important鈥攜et neglected鈥攊ssue in the political debate? Hint: It isn鈥檛 the ideal body weight of Miss Universe. Part 1.
Economy
8 Cities Have New Co-op-Style Black Worker Centers鈥擜nd They鈥檙e Tackling Unemployment
A member-led cooperative structure empowers Black workers as they navigate challenges like discriminatory hiring practices and high incarceration rates.
How to Contact the 3 Dozen Banks Still Backing Dakota Access Pipeline Companies
Two banks have divested. Here are CEO names, emails, and phone numbers of the rest鈥攂ecause banks have choices when it comes to what projects they give loans to.
How Oregon Became the Easiest Place to Vote in America
Voters are automatically registered at the DMV, then can easily vote in elections by mail-in ballot.
National Prison Strike Exposes Need for Labor Rights Behind Bars
At 29 prisons, thousands of inmates have stopped work to protest unfair labor practices. So where are the unions?
Finally, Jobs That Work for Parenting
Right now I鈥檓 not worried about the glass ceiling. For now, with a young child, I鈥檓 embracing freelance work.
The Other Housing Crisis: Finding a Home in Rural America
Thirty percent of rural Americans have substandard housing鈥攁nd it鈥檚 expensive. But these communities are finding ways to give low-income residents homes of their own.
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure. We can fight alongside the Standing Rock Sioux at any one of 38 banks.
Want National Security? Dismantle the War Machine
A military response to violence creates more violence. For real security, we need to stop climate change and work toward shared prosperity.
Advising My Laid-Off Mom About Freelance Work
The economy has changed from many single-track, steady careers into workers who thrive on one-off gigs and 鈥減rojects.鈥� But when you鈥檙e over 60 and overqualified, how do you find a job?
How We Became an Economy of Side Jobs
The job growth that led us out of the recession has been in nontraditional jobs, and that's working well for women.
For Workers Who Feel Like Part of a Machine, These Companies Get It Right
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
6 Tips on Making Money and Staying Sane When You Work From Home
How to deal with anxiety, self-doubt, and 鈥渢he check鈥檚 in the mail.鈥�
6 Ways We鈥檙e Already Leading an Economic Revolution
From the 鈥渂uy local鈥� movement to public banking, we鈥檙e well on our way to a more democratic, cooperative, and people-centered economy.
I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place鈥擜nd Now Love the Farming World
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
The World鈥檚 Biggest School Meal Program Is Keeping Local Farmers in Business
Emphasizing local food under a radical policy of 鈥渮ero hunger,鈥� Brazil鈥檚 school lunch initiative helps small farmers buy the land they鈥檝e been farming for generations.
How Americans Build Wealth in 10 Charts 鈥擜nd What Race Has to Do With It
(Hint: It鈥檚 less about income and more about skin color.)
A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups
What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?
Meet the Farmworker Who Helped Win Rent Control in California鈥檚 Wine Country
When Gervacio Pena Lopez migrated to Sonoma County 30 years ago, he just wanted to find work to support his family. Since then, he has won victories for domestic and day laborers.
Special Report: Banking on Justice
In the poorest region of the nation's poorest state, a tiny government program keeps money flowing through mom-and-pop financial institutions鈥攃hanging lives.
Why We Need Tiny Colleges
Could smaller鈥攁nd cheaper鈥攕chools produce more thoughtful, engaged, and compassionate human beings?
Call for Submissions: Science for the Public Good
Send us your ideas by Sept 25.
As 9-to-5 Jobs Vanish, Look Who鈥檚 Reinventing the Working World
Overcoming isolation in the gig economy, workers like Amazon鈥檚 Mechanical Turks are building democratic, worker-led communities.
Seattle Is Giving Residents Money to Make Political Donations鈥擳wo States Follow
Voters are pushing for public-matching systems to replace the influence wealthy bankrollers have on government.
Who Replaced 9-to-5 Workers?
In just a few years, half of all workers will be outside the traditional economy. Not just artists and farmers but business people and professors, too.
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