Articles By This Author
So far, the state isn鈥檛 stepping up to build a solar-powered future. That leaves the bulk of the work to residents.
Mary Hansen | Oct 31, 2015
A conversation with Mondragon President Josu Ugarte on the future of the mega-cooperative.
Mary Hansen | Jun 12, 2015
In West Virginia, Solar Holler helps nonprofits install solar panels for less than the price of a cup of coffee.
Mary Hansen | Jun 2, 2015
Blaize Connelly-Duggan鈥檚 vision for the neighborhood is all about community ownership and development without displacement.
Mary Hansen | May 12, 2015
Maria Hamilton's son Dontre was killed by police officers. After no one was charged, she sought out hundreds of other parents and decided to take their demands to Washington.
Araz Hachadourian, Mary Hansen | May 8, 2015
鈥淚t鈥檚 not 鈥榞ame over,鈥 it鈥檚 鈥榞ame on.鈥 Now, we can actually start to see things happening.鈥
Mary Hansen, Araz Hachadourian | May 3, 2015
鈥淚f people are calling for peace, we need to push the narrative toward policies and political changes that are actually going to give people the conditions to deal with structural violence.鈥
Cecilia Garza, Mary Hansen | May 1, 2015
Workers at app-driven companies like Uber don鈥檛 have the rights of full employees. But with the help of traditional unions, some are banding together into worker-owned cooperatives.
Mary Hansen | Apr 10, 2015
Exactly how much difference do 鈥渘ew economy鈥 organizations make? Economists looked into it, and here are a few of their results.
Mary Hansen | Mar 4, 2015
This co-op south of Portland wants to strengthen the local food system by helping local farmers cooperate instead of compete with one another.
Mary Hansen, Liz Pleasant | Feb 19, 2015
Radical science fiction and fantasy are a remedy for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surround us.
Mary Hansen | Dec 4, 2014
Conflict Kitchen serves up food from countries in conflict with the United States鈥攁nd its customers think it's worth defending.
Mary Hansen | Nov 22, 2014
From the Deep South to the West Coast, these entrepreneurs are making sure jobs and dollars grow鈥攁nd stay鈥攊n places hardest hit by hurricanes, poverty, and gentrification.
Mary Hansen | Nov 20, 2014
So the national elections didn鈥檛 go so well. But across the country鈥攆rom California to North Dakota鈥攃itizens made decisions that will give you reason to hope.
Mary Hansen, Kayla Schultz | Nov 6, 2014
In the far north of the Great Plains, you have to be a pharmacist to own a pharmacy. Next week, voters could overturn that rule鈥攑utting the state's thriving independent drugstores at risk.
Mary Hansen | Nov 1, 2014
A proposed community-owned solar project on an abandoned coal mine in Arizona illustrates how cooperative economomics make it possible to stop extracting fossil fuels鈥攚ithout leaving workers behind.
Mary Hansen | Oct 16, 2014
Next Monday, 猫咪社区! and the New Economy Coalition kick off New Economy Week鈥攆ive days of national conversation about the ideas, strategies, and projects that make up the movement.
Mary Hansen | Oct 11, 2014
There鈥檚 no better way to celebrate America鈥檚 public lands than to visit them. But these Instagram accounts are a nice substitute for times when you can鈥檛.
Mary Hansen | Sep 17, 2014