The First Guaranteed Basic Income Program Designed for Single Black Moms
The Magnolia Mother’s Trust asks participants what they need to not only pay the bills but also to fight generational poverty.
Wealth and inequality
Free College Tuition Is Nice, But How About Food?
Some schools are looking to helping students meet much more basic needs.
This Shelter Gives Homeless People What They Really Need—Long-Term Jobs
A Fort Worth, Texas, program sees steady employment as an important step in helping guests rebuild their lives.
The Big U.S. City Trying to Break with Wall Street
In a push to divest public funds from corporate giants, Los Angeles is asking voters to approve a city-owned bank.
How the Economy Affects Our Mental Health
We evolved to be connected to nature and to one another, but our exploitative global economy is severing those relations.
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.
What a Society Designed for Well-Being Looks Like
Economic justice goes a long way toward improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis
Activists are building meaningful connections among borrowers to counter the taboo of admitting they can’t pay their bills.
Here’s Why Capitalism Can’t Fix Climate Change
With all due respect to The Guardian’s economics editor, our planet will not be saved by capitalism.
World to Flint Kids: We Still See You
An 11-year-old social media celebrity collects thousands of encouraging letters from around the globe to remind her Flint schoolmates they are not forgotten.
Student Debt Anxiety Is Hard on My Mental Health
In the last 10 years alone, the number of people like me who owe at least $100,000 in student loans has quadrupled. But here’s how we can cope.
Who Represents Us When Our Political Parties Represent Only Corporations?
Our future depends on bridging the partisan divide that elevates corporate interests above our personal well-being.
How the Ultrarich Can Help Fix the Affordable Housing Crisis
A growing number of people invest in real estate they never intend to occupy and push up prices for the rest of us. Cities should make them pay.
Comic: The Upside of Crowded Living
What I went through to find a place to live in the fifth most expensive city for renting.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
Renters Get One Step Closer to Homeownership With This Innovative Program
A Cincinnati nonprofit works to give renters a reason to stay and invest in their homes.
How California Could Get Its Money Out of Wall Street
The world’s fifth largest economy could keep the money in a state-owned bank to fund local infrastructure.
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
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.
Dear Jeff Bezos, Let’s Talk About Your Money and How It Can Actually Benefit the Planet
An invitation to the wealthiest man in the world to consider putting Earth ahead of space.
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.
Tiny Houses Alone Can’t Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here’s What Can
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
Tax Overhaul and the Immorality of Inequality
A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse.
Unstable Stock Market Is a Warning: Treat Your House Like a Home
A precarious housing market is no place for homeowners and renters who just want a safe place to live and a community to belong to.
How to Reverse Inequality in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps
Don’t get distracted by income, author Chuck Collins says. It’s power and hidden wealth driving inequality.
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