Building Community by Buying Nothing
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Economy
There鈥檚 More to the American Jobs Plan Than Jobs
Biden鈥檚 infrastructure plans promise not just to boost the economy, but to fundamentally redefine the role of government.
Opinion | COVID-19 | Federal Stimulus | Family | working mothers | childcare tax credit | American Rescue Plan | Coronavirus Coverage
Support for Families Needs to Be Permanent
The American Rescue Plan offers a lot of fixes to long-term issues affecting American families. That鈥檚 why they shouldn鈥檛 be allowed to expire in a year.
Worker-Owned Cooperatives Are Creating Their Own Funding Networks
Because of their unorthodox ownership structures, cooperatively owned businesses don鈥檛 fit neatly into most lenders鈥� boxes. So one group decided to build their own source of funding.
Tribes Revive Traditional Hemp Economies
A post-petroleum transition plan.
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
鈥淒oughnut economics鈥� invites nature
and social well-being into urban planning.
What Will It Take to 鈥淏uild Back Better鈥�?
We鈥檙e in a time of global and national crises. President Biden must rise to the task.
8 Black and Indigenous Businesses to Support This Holiday Season
Businesses owned by people of color are particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. So this year, consider ditching the big corporations and opt for patronizing these small businesses instead.
Biden Needs to Go Big to Rebuild America
There鈥檚 an easy way for Biden to help restart the U.S. economy, invest in infrastructure, and repair environmental damage: Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps.
In Global Development, Reasons for Post-COVID Optimism
A post-pandemic world will call for a more activist, community-centered approach to global development.
A Better Option For the Gig Economy
Gig workers like flexibility, but get no benefits. Employees get the reverse (usually). There鈥檚 a better way with platform cooperatives.
Out With Predatory Capitalism, In With a 鈥淟ife Economy鈥�
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here鈥檚 what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
Building a Global Economy That Was Bound to Fail
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a 鈥淒eath Economy.鈥�
Earth Is Warning Us We Must Change. Will We Listen?
The COVID-19 outbreak is the planet鈥檚 way of telling us to do better, both in the environment and in the economy.
Hawai鈥榠鈥檚 Post-COVID Recovery Plan Puts Women First
The Aloha State is working towards establishing a new, more equitable post-pandemic normal for vulnerable communities.
The Secret to Corporate Power
Campaign finance is part of the problem, but have you heard of the 鈥渃apital strike鈥�?
How to Persuade Americans to Take COVID-19 Seriously
It鈥檚 all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
How a Black Commons Could Help Build Communal Wealth
A long history of racism has prevented many Black folks from owning land or homes鈥攎aking it harder to accrue wealth and pass it on to future generations.
For Indigenous Zapotec Families, Spinning Becomes a Lifeline
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt communities all over Mexico. But a network of Indigenous artisans is finding a way to survive during the shutdown.
Opinion | Wealth Inequality | Protests | Racial Equity | Voting | Elections | Coronavirus Coverage | Native Leadership | Racial Justice
Prolonged Uprising Is the New Normal
Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.
A Better World Needs Better Economics
Our current economic paradigm is leading us to a world that nobody wants. To change that, we will have to invent an economics suited to the 21st century.
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