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Just the Facts: Race-Based Economics
We've made meaningful progress toward embracing our cultural diversity in the United States. But we've got a long way to go before we clean up the economic fallout from years of institutional racism.
Elinor Ostrom Wins Nobel for Common(s) Sense
Elinor Ostrom was an unusual choice for the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Pramila Jayapal on Crossing Political Divides
How to change minds with dialogue.
Annie Leonard on Life After Stuff
Annie Leonard reveals what gives her strength, even as she and her popular film, The Story of Stuff, are attacked as un-American.
The Psychology of Climate-Change Denial
Solving the 鈥淚t鈥檚 not my problem鈥� problem. A psychologist on what keeps us from coming to terms with the climate crisis.
The Climate Justice Movement Breaks Through
Direct Action Heats Up. As the urgency of the crisis grows, so do the world鈥檚 climate justice movements.
Who’s Polluting the Climate Conversation?
The money, CEOs, and Astroturf groups behind the climate deniers.
Towns Rush to Make Low-Carbon Transition
More and more neighborhoods are making the transition to a climate-friendly community. Has yours?
Fight Climate Change: Live the Good Life
Low-carbon living isn鈥檛 a sacrifice. Colin Beavan says it鈥檚 the good life.
10 Ways to Change Your Life
"No Impact Man's" picks for getting started on a climate-friendly life.
Weapons of Mass Democracy
Here鈥檚 evidence that nonviolence is the most powerful tool to promote democracy and overthrow tyranny.
Parker Palmer: Know Yourself, Change Your World
An interview with Parker J. Palmer
Really Educated People…
12 Things You Might Not Have Learned in a Classroom
Money from Nothing
Supplying money should be a public service, not a cash cow for banks.
Sherman Alexie, How Dare You Tell the Truth?
A young native writer鈥檚 ambush interview with Sherman Alexie throws her into a whirlpool of unanswerable questions about tribal loyalty, silence, and healing.
Vandana Shiva on Gandhi for Today鈥檚 World
Some say terrorism makes Gandhi irrelevant. Vandana Shiva, farmer, seed saver, and global justice activist, says we need him more than ever.
Why This Crisis May Be Our Best Chance to Build a New Economy
Wall Street is bankrupt. Instead of trying to save it, we can build a new economy that puts money and business in the service of people and the planet鈥攏ot the other way around.
Mondrag贸n Worker-Cooperatives Decide How to Ride Out a Downturn
Mondrag贸n Cooperative Corporation: Look who makes the profits.
Put Your Money Where Your Life Is
Americans want to invest locally. What's stopping them?
Small Banks, Radical Vision
Local banks can change the world, one investment at a time.
The New Deal Happened Because the Grassroots Made it Happen
Roosevelt didn鈥檛 come up with all those progressive programs on his own.
Instant Runoff Elections are a Vote for Civility
Burlington鈥檚 success with instant runoff voting (IRV) is a model of a clean, open debate. Is it time to take it to the national level?
How to Build a Tiny House
Dee Williams bought and modified a set of plans from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and built the house herself using second-use materials. Here's how she did it.
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