The Cuts in Trump鈥檚 Budget You Haven鈥檛 Heard About
While national outrage is focused on Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, tiny agencies helping communities that teeter on the edge of poverty would also disappear.
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How the Neighborhood That Inspired 鈥淭he Wire鈥� Is Pulling Its Residents Out of Poverty
When large institutions like universities and hospitals agree to hire and spend locally, they can transform neighborhoods hardest hit by poverty and unemployment.
Small-Scale Farming Could Restore America鈥檚 Rural Towns
Although many people in these struggling regions voted for the new president, his cynical answers will not bring them prosperity. But I saw what could.
Robert Reich: Why Trump鈥檚 鈥淎merica First鈥� Plan Is Pure Fantasy
Trumponomics fails because it ignores the American worker. Here鈥檚 what we should do instead.
In a Rust Belt Town Where Tuition Is Covered, Economy Begins to Revive
After Kalamazoo, Michigan, offered college tuition for nearly all high school graduates, dropout rates declined and the city鈥檚 population began to rebound.
Governor鈥檚 Order to Protect State鈥檚 Immigrants Is More Than a Moral Choice
Immigrants make up 17 percent of the state鈥檚 workforce. If Washington鈥檚 undocumented workers were deported, nearly $14.5 billion in economic activity could be lost.
For Automation to Benefit Society, It Must Serve Humans, Not Replace Them
We face the prospect of an economy with little need for humans. Advances in artificial intelligence call us to revisit basic questions about work, love, and human purpose.
To Billionaire Doomsday Preppers: Your Wealth Won鈥檛 Save You
The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.
Are Americans Ready to Strike?
This past October, women in Poland used a mass strike to stop an abortion ban. Organizers in the U.S. are looking to similar tactics in Europe to show the Trump administration they mean business.
Trump鈥檚 Coup Attempt Requires Us to Rise Above Position and Party
In the chaos of Trump鈥檚 first three weeks in office, we can see a frighteningly coherent agenda鈥攁nd a national and global emergency.
Seattle Just Divested Billions From Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline
Minneapolis and others are ready to follow.
University of California Next In Line To Dump Wells Fargo Contracts
The UC system is severing $475 million in contracts with Wells Fargo over, among other things, the bank鈥檚 ties to private prison corporations.
How Co-ops Can Make Infrastructure Great Again
If the Trump administration is serious about bringing jobs and pride back to rural America, they should take a lesson from cooperatives of the 1930s.
How Trump鈥檚 Extremism May Help Us Expose One of History鈥檚 Greatest Political Deceptions
The Great Growth Con promises that economic growth鈥攎easured by gross domestic product鈥攚ill benefit everyone, rich and poor alike.聽
How Community Land Trusts Can Fix Detroit鈥檚 Foreclosure Mess
Nearly 1 in 6 properties across the city faced tax foreclosure last year. Land trusts are one way to keep buildings鈥攚hether housing or businesses鈥攑ermanently affordable.
The Team Helping Human-Trafficking Survivors Find Justice鈥擜nd Jobs
The Thai Community Development Center has played a part in some of the most notorious human-trafficking cases in the United States. But unlike other groups, it also helps workers post-liberation.
7 Things the Defund DAPL Campaign Has Achieved So Far (Including $28 Million in Personal Accounts Moved)
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
How Standing Rock鈥檚 Divest Campaign Can Stop Future Pipelines
As banks begin to respond, environmental movements are learning the importance of speaking clearly about the financial risks of fossil fuel investment.
Seattle Takes Steps to Divest $3 Billion From Wells Fargo Over Standing Rock
The proposal will be voted on next month and could have broader implications to ensure the city partners with socially responsible businesses.
Meet the Guy Corralling Billionaires to Fight Inequality
Author Chuck Collins discusses growing up in the 1 percent, his unusual approach to fighting economic inequality, and what progressives need to do during a Trump administration.
In Stripping Away Our Hope, Maybe Trump Has Done Us a Favor
The outcome of this election is a wake-up call to action. Now that we know our elected leaders will not save us, let鈥檚 get to work.
How Creative Repurposing of Industrial Scrap Is Holding Off a Neighborhood鈥檚 Gentrification
25-year old Scrap Exchange partners with Durham, North Carolina, residents to build an innovative arts district.
How a Battle Over Affordable Medicine Helped Kill the TPP
The debate about an exotic new kind of drug delayed the trade deal for years, thanks in part to relentless advocates who stood up to big pharma.
How Trump Could Hand China the Lead in Challenging Corporate Greed
China and the U.S. are poised as the dominant players. Will they compete or cooperate?
Make Corporations Serve the Public Interest
The purely private-purpose corporation is an illegitimate entity. This is the elephant in the room that no politician dare mention.
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