If we keep putting it off for our grandchildren to deal with, there will be no turning back.
For their new book, H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of America’s poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty, and how to make it happen.
Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start—unless they’re struggling with student loans. But a little-known provision is helping these borrowers take their creditors to court.
A California tribe fights bottled water; an Argentinian province dedicates 1 percent of civil service jobs to transgender workers; and Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a blow to corporate politics.
The resolution, which passed unanimously, endorses the goal of having no kids in detention in Seattle. It’s a move that chips away at the school-to-prison pipeline.
There could be a different financial system, one where debt allows us to honor our freedom rather than our servitude.
More than 200 land trusts around the country help struggling families buy their first homes, often in gentrifying neighborhoods.
The White House released a new tool to help calculate the cost of college, “Black Twitter” revolutionizes the meaning of intellectual, and an anti-rape curriculum in Kenya shows promising results.
After the seizure of Rentboy.com, many in the sex worker and LGBTQ movements are finding common ground where they were once divided.
New landmark report announces national campaign to encourage Americans to walk more, by making communities safer and more accessible.
The Clean Power Plan is counting on states to cut carbon emissions. Will they be the new frontiers for change?
A college professor is calling for a massive student-debt strike next year with only one necessity: that as many debtors as possible refuse to pay.
More than 200 cities have civilian boards that recommend consequences for police who break the rules. Most boards lack enforcement power, but Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is trying to change that.
From computer screens to street play, these three game developers are redefining the medium by revealing a powerful new social potential in games.
Scotland takes a new approach to sex work legislation, the VW bus is coming back greener than ever, and Iceland's citizens urge their government to do more for refugees.
Learn how to turn any business into a worker-owned cooperative with this checklist.
Neighbors are helping crowdfund the dreams of local entrepreneurs, giving community businesses the chance to expand with interest-free loans.
Up to a quarter of the nation’s workers have spent 10 years working in public service on a promise of student loan forgiveness.
If we are to create a society that values black life, we cannot ignore the role of food and land.
A complex, for-profit system is behind these three-digit scores that affect your ability to borrow, rent, and work. Here's how regulators are putting credit score companies on notice.
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are bringing back grizzlies, blocking oil equipment deliveries, getting arrested—and having a great time doing it.
Though the model is new and small, it holds outsize potential for the many neighborhoods whose downtowns are controlled by faraway landlords or retail chains.
From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there's a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die.
There are hundreds of LGBT-friendly churches around the country—and many are in conservative cities where you'd least expect them.
For one man, the class-action settlement means being around other people for the first time in 25 years.
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