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8 Black and Indigenous Businesses to Support This Holiday Season

Businesses owned by people of color are particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. So this year, consider ditching the big corporations and opt for patronizing these small businesses instead.

Ayu Sutriasa | Dec 11, 2020

Local economies | Consumerism

An Economy Built on Sharing

Instead of conspicuous consumption, try the conspicuous sharing of 鈥淏uy Nothing.鈥�

Liesl Clark, Rebecca Rockefeller | Dec 10, 2020

Jobs | Democratic reforms | Climate

Biden Needs to Go Big to Rebuild America

There鈥檚 an easy way for Biden to help restart the U.S. economy, invest in infrastructure, and repair environmental damage: Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Neil M. Maher | Dec 7, 2020

Coronavirus

In Global Development, Reasons for Post-COVID Optimism

A post-pandemic world will call for a more activist, community-centered approach to global development.

Steve Davis | Dec 3, 2020

Coronavirus | Affordable housing

What Housing Justice Looks Like During COVID

The pandemic has exacerbated housing instability and made tenant activism more critical.

James Tracy | Nov 30, 2020

Local economies

Kicking Up Controversy With Wild Horses in the West

These animals spark intense debates about land management and resource allocation, but we can look to global pastoralists for answers.

Kang-Chun Cheng | Nov 27, 2020

Cooperatives | Sustainable food and farming | Women

Indian Women Turn to Ancient Grains to Feed Their Families and Their Futures

As climate change threatens rainfed farming, millets offer a way to achieve food, financial, and environmental security.

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues | Nov 26, 2020

LGBTQ+ | Jobs

Unions and LGBTQ Workers Could Be a Powerful Marriage

History has shown that people-power is one of the best ways to advance rights and win protections, especially when the courts are unreliable.

Aim茅e-Josiane Twagirumukiza | Nov 17, 2020

Racial Justice | Affordable housing

My Grandparents鈥� Redlining Story Shows Why We Must Do Better

As we face the impact of COVID-19, now is an opportune time to create equitable housing policies that can close the yawning gaps created by racial inequity.

Denzel Tongue | Nov 13, 2020

Gender justice | Cooperatives | Democratic reforms

In Brazil, Women Candidates Find Strength in Numbers

Brazilian women are breaking into politics by joining together in collective candidacies, which allow politicians to build stronger coalitions and push for progressive change.

Isabela Dias | Nov 12, 2020

Cooperatives

A Better Option For the Gig Economy

Gig workers like flexibility, but get no benefits. Employees get the reverse (usually). There鈥檚 a better way with platform cooperatives.

Juliet B. Schor | Nov 5, 2020

Health care | Coronavirus

As Winter Approaches, States Consider How to Keep COVID in Check

As the U.S. braces for a seasonal uptick in COVID-19 cases, two public health researchers assess what鈥檚 worked for states to keep infection rates low.

Murray J. C么t茅, Tiffany A. Radcliff | Oct 19, 2020

Health care

Why Trump鈥檚 Health Care Move Is an Empty Promise

Trump鈥檚 executive order can鈥檛 replace the protections and systems in the Affordable Care Act.

Simon F. Haeder | Oct 15, 2020

Local economies | Sustainable food and farming

Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil

Chef Regina Tchelly repurposes food waste to provide access to healthy food and remedy a broken social system.

Agostino Petroni | Oct 9, 2020

Activism | Coronavirus

A Radical Vision for the Future

With beautiful illustrations and poignant storytelling, this animated short film reminds us that a better world is possible beyond 2020.

| Oct 7, 2020

Coronavirus | Health care

Trump Gets Socialized Health Care. What About the Rest of Us?

The president has free access to the best medical care in the world. There鈥檚 no reason why the rest of America shouldn鈥檛 get what their taxes pay for.

Karen Dolan | Oct 6, 2020

Call for Submissions: Toward an Ecological Civilization

Hurry and send us your leads and pitches by Oct. 16.

YES! Editors | Oct 5, 2020

Coronavirus | Wealth and inequality

Trump鈥檚 Biggest Advantage in Fighting Off COVID: His Wealth

Trump has a number of risk factors that increase the chance of mortality with the disease. But the president鈥檚 wealth may be the best medicine he has.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce | Oct 2, 2020

Local economies | Renewable energy | Climate

Is 2020 the Opening for a Just Transition?

As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined?

Breanna Draxler | Sep 29, 2020

Jobs | Women

In-Home Caregivers in California Could Finally Get Unemployment Benefits

If signed into law, California's AB-1993 would extend unemployment eligibility to more than 119,000 family caregivers, most of whom are low-income women of color.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Sep 23, 2020

Coronavirus | Immigration

How Los Angeles Is Supporting Immigrant Workers and Businesses Affected by COVID

A new initiative from LA鈥檚 Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.

Rikha Sharma Rani | Sep 21, 2020

Criminal justice reform | Jobs | Climate

How Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Are Getting the Jobs and Pay They Deserve

In California鈥檚 most catastrophic wildfire season yet, an organization is challenging the state to hire firefighters who were previously incarcerated to help meet public safety needs.

Ray Levy Uyeda | Sep 17, 2020

Out With Predatory Capitalism, In With a 鈥淟ife Economy鈥�

Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here鈥檚 what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.

John Perkins | Sep 16, 2020

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