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Weather Data by and for the People 

While Project 2025 would stymy climate data collection, a network of grassroots volunteers are braving hurricanes—including Milton and Helene—to collect and share local data that can ultimately save lives.








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Our Power Goes Beyond the Ballot Box

There’s no denying the terror of this moment. But we will get through it with a love-filled movement focused on safety, security, and stability.




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Centering People in a New Economy

Fed up with capitalism’s destruction and inequality, there is a growing movement to build a new model based on “people’s prosperity.”




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Illegally Fired Workers Fight Back

The Unemployed Workers United wants to raise the financial and political costs of illegally firing workers for union activity.




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Not What They Expected: Grandparents As Day Care

Expanded federal funding for child care ended Oct. 1, and in many cases, extended families, including grandparents, will shoulder the burden.




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Striking Auto Workers Are Out-Organizing Their Bosses

A journalist takes us inside UAW’s “Stand Up” strike strategy, an innovative spin-off of 1930’s era “sit down” strikes.




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How to Defeat “Wealth Supremacy” and Build a Democratic Economy

Marjorie Kelly's new book critiques the U.S. economy's embrace of "wealth supremacy," and explores alternate models of democratic economies.





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United Auto Workers’ Strike Yields Win for “Just Transition”

In bringing electric vehicle battery plants under its national contract, the UAW took a major step toward transitioning away from fossil fuels in a way that protects workers' rights.




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CEOs Aren’t Earning Their Pay, New Report Finds

The shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has a new report listing obscene CEO pay. Here's what the data reveals



  • Wealth and inequality
  • Jobs
  • Economy
  • YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali
  • As You Sow
  • Wage Theft
  • Rosanna Landis Weaver



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New York Considers a Social Housing Bill

Social housing as a concept is gaining popularity. Now, the state of New York is considering a bill to make it a reality.






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Bringing France’s Waste Prevention Plan to Life

Regional waste-reduction programs hold lessons for communities across the globe.




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Breaking Up With Capitalism

A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.






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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures.




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Rooting for Black Land Ownership

Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.




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USDA Will Compensate Black Farmers for Discrimination

The National Black Farmers Association just won a historic $2.2 billion in reparations from the U.S. government.





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Workers Challenge Mega Grocery Merger

The Biden administration has sued to stop the largest grocery merger in the nation’s history, between Kroger and Albertsons.




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How to End Childhood Poverty

Childhood poverty continues to plague the U.S., though simple solutions exist to address it. Will the next administration implement them?





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Undoing What Wall Street Did to the Housing Market

Billionaires have long leveraged the housing market for money. But a new report outlines how to regulate the market so people—not hedge funds—can buy homes.





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Swiss Schools’ Surprising Solution to Bullying

Switzerland’s “No Blame” approach eschews punishment, instead focusing on empathy, tolerance, and respect.





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Murmurations: Where Days Are Born

Poet Julie Quiroz offers a summer solstice spell that celebrates the story of light.




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How Three Young Women of Color Took on Power

Journalist Sonali Kohli’s new book centers the life and work of three young women of color who refused to let powerful elites shape their lives and communities.




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Can Connection Be the Cure for What Ails Us?

What if in addition to prescribing medication, doctors also prescribed activities that addressed our lack of connection?









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What’s in a Name? For Abortion Providers, Quite a Bit.

Even before abortion became illegal in 14 states, some reproductive health care clinics were rebranding to better reflect the broad spectrum of gender-inclusive care they provide.




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Punjabi Californians Find a Lifeline Through Community Health Workers

Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community’s unique needs.





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adrienne maree brown’s “Loving Corrections” to Build Collective Power

Best-selling author adrienne maree brown’s new book offers tools to navigate the difficult conversations and dynamics of organizing and belonging.




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Murmurations: The Wisdom Behind Prison Walls

A note from adrienne maree brown: Gilda Sheppard directed a film called Since I Been Down, in which Kimonti Carter was a protagonist as a transformed man leading his community