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A Vision for the Economy
By 2030, we can achieve a significant reorganization of the U.S. economy, from one that serves only the wealthy to one rooted in principles of equality and fairness. One thing
What a Public Bank Can Do for Real People
North Dakota has the only state-owned bank in the nation. Advocates say it鈥檚 a model for getting state tax money invested in communities.
Page That Counts
Number of weeks of federally mandated paid parental leave in U.S.: 0 1 Rank of the U.S. among 41 advanced countries surveyed in amount of paid parental leave: 41 Average
Why I Give – ZuVu
ZuVu is in her twentieth year as a Personal Assistant. When time allows, she enjoys gardening as well as cooking for meditation retreats, which helps nourish those who are cultivating
From the Executive Director
Thank you! Powerful stories can change the world. Women鈥檚 suffrage. Abolition. Civil rights. Each began with stories that planted the seeds of powerful ideas and inspired millions with new possibilities
大象传媒 Issue Contributors – The World We Want
Alexandra Bowman is an illustrator, designer, and muralist based in Oakland, California. She creates art that reflects on the female experience and the importance of representation through inclusive imagery of
The World We Want in 10 Years
Nothing makes you consider the state of the world like having a child. As my spouse and I prepare to welcome our firstborn, I find myself taking stock of my community, my surroundings, and my intentions, wondering what kind of world my child will inherit.
But wondering doesn鈥檛 change what鈥檚 possible. Changing the future saving the future鈥攔equires active participation, sacrifice, compromise, collaboration, and creativity.
Flour Power
Ancient grains. Little-known tiny grains. Mighty locally adapted grains. They are all rising up to replace your All Purpose Flour. It鈥檚 not just baking, it鈥檚 a battle for our food system.
Wild Yeasts and Ancient Grains
Replace your all purpose flour with these mighty little grains.
Bridges Only Work When Both Sides Cross Them
A new walkway connects two post-apartheid neighborhoods, but economic and racial equality are still out of reach.
Can We Build a Better Man?
Could a mindful masculinity, freed from toxic notions of 鈥渕anhood,鈥� end the gender wars?
Yes, You Can Change Someone鈥檚 Mind
But facts alone won鈥檛 do it, researchers say.
Healing a Divided Nation Begins Face to Face
So say the Better Angels of the partisan divide.
The Way Climate Change Unites Us
The Practical Farmers of Iowa waste no time on partisan politics as they face the challenges of extreme weather and depleted soils.
The Collective Healing That Is Owed
Reparations is no longer only about a one-time payout to Black descendants of slavery.
The Lies We鈥檙e Told About Appalachia
The old exploitative images are indelible: out of work, White, needy. They obscure the region鈥檚 diversity and long tradition of activism.
Drag Queen Activists
It鈥檚 about more than dancing and lip-syncing to disco hits. These drag queens are working to make the world a better place.
The Bridges We’re Building
The United States has yet to live up to its foundational ideals of a union where 鈥渁ll [people] are created equal,鈥� and deserving of 鈥渓ife, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.鈥�
Today, we find ourselves polarized along so many different axes鈥攔ace, politics, gender鈥攖hat many people have retreated to the extremes. We look at those different from us not just as others, but sometimes as enemies.
Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking
At a time of heightened polarization and intense inequality in the United States and around the world, social differences run the risk of being turned into fault lines, and exploited
Making Room for Spirits Among the Living
How immigrants have brought diverse traditions to keep their ancestors and dead loved ones close.
How Death Doulas Ease the Final Transition
End-of-life caregiving is an ancient practice that鈥檚 now re-emerging in the death positivity movement, which urges a shift in thinking about death as natural and not traumatic.
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