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Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20246 min read
This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...
Michael Laxer
Nov 18, 20244 min read
Military Massacres in Sudan’s Breadbasket Are Fueling an Unprecedented Famine
Worsening the world’s largest displacement crisis, attacks by RSF killing hundreds have affected 120 villages in the Gezira, forcing...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20244 min read
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
Michael Laxer
Nov 8, 20245 min read
The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet. By Helena...
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20248 min read
How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Protest against the Israeli war on Gaza outside the New York Times building, November, 2023 -- image via X By Norman Solomon As the Gaza...
Michael Laxer
Sep 9, 20244 min read
Community in Motion
Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....
Michael Laxer
Aug 3, 20246 min read
We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy
Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress. Dillon Wind Power...
Michael Laxer
Mar 16, 202411 min read
Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age
Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being...
Michael Laxer
Mar 11, 20248 min read
The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High
It’s time to turn the tables on our food system by centering justice over profits. By Sonali Kolhatkar Americans have had to weather much...
Michael Laxer
Feb 2, 20245 min read
The Animal Feed Industry’s Impact on the Planet
The diet of factory-farmed animals is linked to environmental destruction around the globe. By Vicky Bond In some parts of the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 29, 202411 min read
How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook
The strategy used by Big Tobacco in the US is called state or “ceiling” preemption: promoting weaker state public health laws to override...
Michael Laxer
Jan 19, 20246 min read
Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change
How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods. By John J. Berger What if there were a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20249 min read
A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans
Pinnacle Point, South Africa By Marjorie Hecht Paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean has developed a comprehensive explanation based on a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20246 min read
POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...
Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 202320 min read
How California’s Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour
The fast-food industry threatened to undo a major labor law in California. But even a compromise bill appeasing the industry is a huge...
Michael Laxer
Oct 13, 20235 min read
Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home
Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment. By Reynard Loki “Oil palm is one of the...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20236 min read
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