The Platform Co-op Is Coming for Uber
These co-ops aim to reinvest in their users, employees, and communities, while valuing positive workplace practices in tandem with profitability.
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What Bitcoin and Amazon Are Doing to the Middle Class
Roughly 20 percent of U.S. workers are in a high-paying finance, technology, and electronics sectors. The other 80 percent face a daily struggle to survive.
This Town Built a Market Where Neighbors Can Take What They Want for Free
It’s a radical but simple experiment that builds community and keeps useful things out of the landfill.
Meet the Woman Who’s Boosting Arizona’s Mom-and-Pop Business Culture
One strategy is to reintroduce people to their towns, show them what they can buy locally, and dispel the myth that it’s more expensive.
Yes, a Government Shutdown Might Be the Best Strategy
Democrats cannot back down from funding children’s health and protecting Dreamers. These issues are moral priorities.
7 Not-So-Subtle Messages Congress Is Sending With Its Tax Plans
The two tax bills define what’s important to a society. Or more to the point, who’s not important.
The Navajo Nation Launches $20 Million Fund to Help Its Entrepreneurs
Small businesses could help the struggling Navajo economy deal with the ups and downs of the fossil fuel industry.
The Man Leading the Charge for Trump’s Impeachment
Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz is fresh from a victory in Florida to get big money out of local elections. Now he’s working to oust the president from the White House.
Trump’s War on Opioids Won’t Work—But California Knows What Will
More compassionate drug policy reforms in California have resulted in a drug death rate 40 percent below the national average.
The Woman Aiming to Get 50 Million Americans Into the Worker-Owner Economy
And she has a plan to do it.
This City Found a Way to Get Everyone Involved in Urban Planning
Urban planning has historically perpetuated inequality and injustice. But this city may have found a solution.
Raj Patel on How to Break Away from Capitalism
Understanding the history of the world and our centuries-long drive toward cheapness.
How To Say No To Amazon
There are better ways to spend economic development dollars. Cities that bend over backward to lure the tech giant may end up on the losing end.
Despite Setbacks, the Democracy Movement Is Gaining Power
A new book outlines how the superrich have worked to undermine our country, and what we can do to fight back.
How Cities Can Do Better Than the Fight for $15
It’s time for cities to reverse a shrinking workforce and build resilience in the face of climate change.
Trump’s Proposed Tax Cuts Would Further Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor
The Trump/Republican tax cut proposal is an opportunity to discuss how to redistribute wealth and power.
To Fix America’s Health Care, Focus on Food
To cut down on disease, we should make it a top nonpartisan priority to end our nation’s nutrition crisis.
Despite the GOP’s Attempts to Repeal Obamacare, Health Care Doesn’t Have to Pit Young Against Old
One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.
How to Reverse Inequality in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps
Don’t get distracted by income, author Chuck Collins says. It’s power and hidden wealth driving inequality.
No Elitist Farmers Market Here—Free Healthy Food and Profits for Farmers
How one Appalachian county is creating a healthy food system that supports not only nutrition, but also community life.
Baltimore’s Push to Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisis With Community Land Trusts
Community groups throughout the city say land trusts could keep families living affordably in a fast-gentrifying city.
It’s Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era
Even when sensible adults finally take back government, “back to normal” is not what we want.
How to Help 55 Million People Out of Food Deserts
Programs provide easier access to fresh, healthful foods to low-income neighbors.
The More Education, the Wider the Gender Pay Gap—Wait, What?
Seattle women make less than men, but especially those with advanced degrees.
Will Democrats Finally Go Bold or Go Home?
The party’s new agenda promises to be on “the side of working people,” so why aren’t more Americans excited about it?
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