For Asian Immigrants, Cooperatives Came From the Home Country
For these communities, solidarity economics have been practiced out of necessity. But there are lessons we could all learn.
Wealth and inequality
Dear Jeff Bezos, Let鈥檚 Talk About Your Money and How It Can Actually Benefit the Planet
An invitation to the wealthiest man in the world to consider putting Earth ahead of space.
What Really Helps the Unemployed Find Full-Time Jobs
Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed.
Tiny Houses Alone Can鈥檛 Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here鈥檚 What Can
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
Tax Overhaul and the Immorality of Inequality
A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse.
Unstable Stock Market Is a Warning: Treat Your House Like a Home
A precarious housing market is no place for homeowners and renters who just want a safe place to live and a community to belong to.
How to Reverse Inequality in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps
Don鈥檛 get distracted by income, author Chuck Collins says. It鈥檚 power and hidden wealth driving inequality.
It鈥檚 Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era
Even when sensible adults finally take back government, 鈥渂ack to normal鈥� is not what we want.
How We Can Transition to a 鈥淏ottom Up鈥� Economy
Three ways to rewire the economy for equality and ecological sustainability.
Crowdfunding Real Estate Isn鈥檛 Just For Millionaires Anymore. Could It Be For You?
The relatively new equity crowdfunding seeks investors expecting a return, not donors supporting a project. But the project must improve a community.
How to Reinflate the Dream of College-for-All
Financial aid doesn鈥檛 work unless we鈥檙e honest about costs.
CEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren鈥檛 waiting for a federal fix.
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.
Worried About Rent Hikes, 301 Families Came Together to Buy Their Mobile Home Park
And five other creative ways Americans are stepping up to build strong local economies.
The Fix-It Shop Where Neighbors Repair Your Clothes and Electronics
Three years ago, they started a program to keep salvageable goods from landfills by harnessing the community鈥檚 collective skills to fix them.
What to Do When Domestic Abuse Is Financial, Too
Millions of people suffer domestic violence, which can often involve economic abuse. But there are ways to break out of those relationships.
Another Victory for Workers in Seattle鈥擳his Time It鈥檚 Their Schedules
Thanks to an ordinance passed last month, service and retail workers will finally get reasonable shift schedules, along with their $15-an-hour minimum wage.
Before Europe Lets Uber Run Wild, It Should Consider What It Did to US Workers
An unregulated Uber has helped to create an economy where part-time, low-wage, on-demand work is the new norm. Should Europe really follow suit?
For Workers Who Feel Like Part of a Machine, These Companies Get It Right
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place鈥擜nd Now Love the Farming World
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
How Americans Build Wealth in 10 Charts 鈥擜nd What Race Has to Do With It
(Hint: It鈥檚 less about income and more about skin color.)
Who Replaced 9-to-5 Workers?
In just a few years, half of all workers will be outside the traditional economy. Not just artists and farmers but business people and professors, too.
The Pipeline Strikes Back: The Audacity of TransCanada’s $15B Suit Against the U.S.
The political saga of the Keystone XL pipeline is like a real-life version of The Force Awakens. So why are we giving the Dark Side even more power?
Income Inequality Is a Health Hazard鈥擡ven for the Rich
A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the United States is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.
5 Apps for the Sharing Economy (and Other News to Chew On)
FDA approves genetically engineered salmon, gun control debates overlook the biggest group of gun violence victims鈥攂lack men鈥攁nd apps that might help you put old stuff to new use.
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