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How Buying the Local Post Office Will Help My Family Farm and Small Town Survive

I never thought farming would mean owning a post office. But looking at my community and our need to define ourselves as a place, that seems to be our family farm's next job.

Shannon Hayes | Jun 30, 2015

Local economies

These Friends from High School Bought an Abandoned Factory. Now They’re Distilling Artisanal Whiskeys‏

Much as blight can be contagious, so can renewal. How grassroots community groups are saving neighborhoods and building new businesses.

Samuel Dolgin-Gardner | May 20, 2015

A March Madness Makeover: 5 Ways to Bring Fairness Into College Basketball

March Madness is now a bigger cash cow than the Super Bowl, but in college sports the only people not getting a piece of the billion-dollar pie are the players.

Leigh Finke | Mar 20, 2015

7 Myths About Housewives, Debunked

Are housewives less ambitious than career women? Are they bad feminists? Read on to go beyond the stereotypes.

Lindsey Weedston | Mar 14, 2015

Emanuel McCray photo courtesy of United Workers

Local economies | Citizens United

Laid-Off Baltimore Workers Beat Disney in Court—And Ask All the Right Questions About Urban Development

By some estimates, the city of Baltimore has sunk more than $1.5 billion into its Inner Harbor. Workers and residents want their share too.

Christina Arrison | Jan 7, 2015

Wealth and inequality

How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today

Instead of loaning students money, the federal government could just pay for their tuition, without causing any significant economic problems.

Raúl Carrillo | Nov 13, 2014

“We Couldn’t Possibly Be Poor”: How a Doctor Fell Into Poverty

“As we found ourselves choosing between rice, oatmeal, or potatoes for every meal, it occurred to us that being in poverty isn’t about how hard you work; it’s about how much money you make.”

Robin Dickinson | Nov 4, 2014

Black mesa marchers in Richmond by Peg Hunter

Climate

Good Jobs or a Healthy Planet? We Can Have Both

If we really want to fix the environment, then we need to join coalitions with organizations that focus on changing our economic system too.

Chuck Collins | Oct 17, 2014

Economists Who Say the Planet Has Infinite Resources Are Today’s Flat Earth Society

The attempt to solve our ecological and social crises through economic growth is a fool’s task, because both crises have a common cause: an infinite-planet, perpetual-growth economy has met the limits of a finite planet.

Eric Zencey | Oct 15, 2014

Citizens United

Why a Tiny Decrease in Unemployment Means a Big Pay Raise for the Poor

A sustained one-percentage-point decline in the unemployment rate is associated with a 9.4 percent rise in the wages of workers in the bottom quintile of the wage distribution.

Dean Baker | Oct 2, 2014

The Board of Island Employee Cooperative. Photo by Island Employee Cooperative / Facebook.

Cooperatives | Local economies

Workers in Maine Buy Out Their Jobs, Set an Example for the Nation

For the new worker-owners of the Island Employee Cooperative, the transformation into a co-op will create profound changes in their lives.

Brian Van Slyke, Noemi Giszpenc, Rob Brown | Oct 1, 2014

A member of New York's transit workers union attends Occupy Wall Street in September 2011. Photo by Timothy Krause / Flickr.

Climate

NY Unions Will Bring Fresh Ideas about Jobs, Energy to Historic Climate March

Key national unions are stepping up to support the People's Climate March on September 21. But some green radicals say unions need to create their own climate protection strategy that democratizes the energy sector.

Abby Scher | Sep 14, 2014

Octavio Garcia and his brothers now manage their own 6.5 acres leased from ALBA. Photo by Nancy Porto / ALBA.

Sustainable food and farming

Migrant Farmworkers Find Paths Out of Poverty Through Incubator Farms

Incubator farms help seasonal workers start their own businesses, where they get better pay and the support of a community.

Lisa Gale Garrigues | Sep 11, 2014

Citizens United

A Wealthy Capitalist on Why Money Doesn’t Trickle Down

Nick Hanauer, venture capitalist and self-described “plutocrat,” says a healthy economy and an effective democracy depend on a thriving middle class of workers.

Nick Hanauer | Sep 10, 2014

Citizens United

Video: Inside a Miami McDonald’s on Strike

More than 400 workers and supporters were arrested on Thursday amid a nationwide wave of walkouts and demonstrations.

Sep 6, 2014

If Unions Are Breaking Automakers, Why Are BMW and Mercedes So Rich?

In Germany, auto workers get paid well and their companies still profit. Author Thom Hartmann on why living wages and corporate success don't have to be mutually exclusive.

Thom Hartmann | Aug 29, 2014

New graduates from a free training program in July at the Cooperative Home Care Associates offices in the Bronx

Cooperatives | Local economies

How America’s Largest Worker Owned Co-Op Lifts People Out of Poverty

Cooperative Home Care Associates' 2,300 workers enjoy good wages, regular hours, and family health insurance. With an investment of $1.2 million into the cooperative sector, New York City is hoping to build on the group's success.

Laura Flanders | Aug 15, 2014

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