Michael LaxerOct 67 min readHighlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day IssuesFormed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice. Image via Highlander By Damon...
Michael LaxerSep 235 min readA Circular EconomyLatino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support. By Damon Orion Between 1942 and 1964,...
Michael LaxerFeb 143 min readWe Can Interpret How Cooperative or Autocratic Mesoamerican Societies Were From Their Systems of CommunicationView of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun, from Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán -- Jackhynes, Public domain, via...
Michael LaxerOct 28, 202320 min readPOOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a MovementA mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...