This New York Program Is Getting Ahead of Homelessness
The difficulty for people experiencing homelessness to regain their security puts a new focus on helping them before they lose their homes.
Economy
How to Persuade Americans to Take COVID-19 Seriously
It’s all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
How a Black Commons Could Help Build Communal Wealth
A long history of racism has prevented many Black folks from owning land or homes—making it harder to accrue wealth and pass it on to future generations.
For Survivors of Violence and Their Kids, a Push to Prioritize Housing
Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.
For Indigenous Zapotec Families, Spinning Becomes a Lifeline
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt communities all over Mexico. But a network of Indigenous artisans is finding a way to survive during the shutdown.
Prolonged Uprising Is the New Normal
Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.
These Small Dairy Farms Are a Model for a Resilient Food System
Due to the coronavirus, dairy producers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk every day. But these New Jersey dairy farmers have a better system.
It’s Time For a Black New Deal
We’ve known for years what we needed to do to address poverty and systemic racism in America. It's long past time to just do it.
How Grocery Shopping Online Could Help Close Equity Gaps
Food policy advocates in California are asking the state to provide online purchasing opportunities for people who get benefits through WIC.
How the Coronavirus Made Ending Homelessness Even More Critical
Clarksburg, West Virginia, had mapped out a plan to create a housing-first program for its homeless population. Then the pandemic hit, and the plan went into overdrive.
How to Get Food Where It’s Needed in Appalachia? School Buses
In West Virginia’s Kanawha County, school bus drivers are leaving meals on porches and meeting families at bus stops.
A Service Industry Where Every Worker Thrives
The pandemic is the gravest crisis for tipped workers and the service sector in U.S. history, but also the greatest opportunity for transformation.
COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement
Could this be the beginning of a new food economy?
More Farmland Transitions to Organic
Growing interest in regenerative land practices and demand for organic food have led to consistent expansion of acres devoted to organic farming.
Fossil Fuel Bailouts Are Class War. This Is How We Fight Back
Global oil markets are in turmoil, with crude prices at their lowest level in years, even going negative at one point in April. When the U.S. economy is in trouble,
How to Fund a Just Economic Recovery
The five principles of the "People's Bailout".
Why Bus Drivers Get Hazard Pay
The front lines include health care and emergency workers—and also the essential workers whose job it is to drive other essential workers where they need to be.
Appalachia’s Front Porch Network Is a Lifeline
A traditional gathering place where the public meets the private is now the critical point of contact for families isolated during the pandemic.
How Will Farms and Restaurants Emerge from the Coronavirus?
Experts weigh in on the state of our food system, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now Is the Time to Take Radical Steps Toward Housing Equity
It’s time to think big about housing. No more evictions and foreclosures. Rent and mortgage cancellation on a grand scale. Twelve million new green housing units in the next 10
Our Guidelines for Giving During the Coronavirus
YES! Editors share the parameters they use for deciding where to donate their personal time and money when confronted by such overwhelming need.
90% Don’t Want to Return to the Way We Were
What should happen in the aftermath of the coronavirus?
The Rescue Operation Bridging a Food Access Gap in California
A nonprofit in Contra Costa County is adapting every aspect of its operations to address food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis.
To Keep the Economy Afloat, the Fed Turns to North Dakota
The nation’s only state-owned bank serves as a model for how the U.S. is fighting the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Naomi Klein: How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism
“In times of crisis, seemingly impossible ideas suddenly become possible.”
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