This Trans-Owned Co-op Builds Community and Economic Stability
The trans and undocumented Latinas who started the Mirror Beauty Cooperative want it to be a model for equal pay and worker-ownership.
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Who Owns Your Grocery Store?
“Who owns your grocery store?” It’s the question emblazoned on the back of a van that has ferried me across 34 states to visit 128 consumer-owned grocery stores (food co-ops)
Resisting GMOs and Preserving Indigenous Culture in Rural Mexico
Thanks to a union of land cooperatives, people in Puebla have food sovereignty and education in Nahuatl instead of mega-projects and a Walmart.
Converting Businesses to Cooperatives Just Got Easier
A coming wave of Baby Boomer retirements threatens the survival of many small businesses. This initiative is making employee-ownership a more viable option.
A People’s History of Board Games
If games are a reflection of our values as a society, and can influence how we think and act, can we game our way to a better world?
A New Food Court Offers a Leg Up for Local Eateries
A Bay Area market and cafe aims to build wealth for local food entrepreneurs and local community.
Standing Rock’s Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks
The effort to divest from Wall Street—and stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here’s what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking.
A Practical Approach to Making Co-ops Work
We don't need a revolution to achieve a fair economy.
The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks
How marginalized groups are working to counteract historical wealth inequality.
Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Circulating local dollars can’t create wealth when there’s not enough to begin with.
A Boost for the Worker-Owned Economy
A new measure will make it easier for retiring owners to sell their businesses to employees—and save jobs into the bargain.
What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops
It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books.
Tomato Canning as Protest: How a Community Resisted Corporate Farming
A Missouri town’s summer ritual brings much-needed support to small family operations.
“The Price on Everything Is Love”: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.
Comic: The Upside of Crowded Living
What I went through to find a place to live in the fifth most expensive city for renting.
The Push to Turn Church Land Into Farmland
Faith leaders, conservation experts, and food advocates are joining forces to connect young farmers to the vast quantity of land owned by churches.
Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home
At a small farmers market south of Seattle, you’ll find varieties of ethnic vegetables unlikely sold in your typical supermarket.
For Asian Immigrants, Cooperatives Came From the Home Country
For these communities, solidarity economics have been practiced out of necessity. But there are lessons we could all learn.
Bye, Spotify: Musicians Take Back Ownership With This Cooperative
There is a streaming service that can benefit both artists and listeners.
What Really Helps the Unemployed Find Full-Time Jobs
Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed.
How We Can Transition to a “Bottom Up” Economy
Three ways to rewire the economy for equality and ecological sustainability.
From Grocery Stores to Labor Unions, Cooperatives Were the Answer
Worker-ownership economics catch on in Ohio, Nevada, and North Carolina.
Worried About Rent Hikes, 301 Families Came Together to Buy Their Mobile Home Park
And five other creative ways Americans are stepping up to build strong local economies.
The Fix-It Shop Where Neighbors Repair Your Clothes and Electronics
Three years ago, they started a program to keep salvageable goods from landfills by harnessing the community’s collective skills to fix them.
I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place—And Now Love the Farming World
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
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