Truly independent cinema is alive and well in North America. Here’s why it matters. Screenshot image via the CUFF website By Damon Orion...

This consortium of community-based organizations is working toward decolonization and economic democracy. People's Network for Land and...

As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model. Participatory budget...

Wiki sites are at the forefront of a shift toward decentralized information sharing. Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons...

The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant...

The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...

We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...

Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...

This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...

The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...

Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...

When COVID-19 hit, U.S. bookshops were an endangered species. Olympia, Washington’s largest independent bookstore survived by embracing...

How the custom steel fabrication and design company Crucible built a “gravel road” for other Montana worker co-ops to follow. Photo of...

The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. The community owned Wild Onion...

Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice. Image via Highlander By Damon...

How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design. © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons By Damon Orion The...

Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support. By Damon Orion Between 1942 and 1964,...

The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples. Praying in the Beginning of Hudoq Kawit Ritual in Dayak Bahau...

Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work. Image via video screenshot By Damon...

Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....