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Valerie Vande Panne

Category: AlterNet

Local Currency: The BerkShare grows strong

Back in the 1990s, a couple of farmers and a deli owner in Western Massachusetts were denied loans, despite their…

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1 Jun 2019

Time is a capitalist construct. How do we extract ourselves from it?

You and I are living in a standardized time, right now. Look at the clock on your device. It’s the…

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23 Nov 2018

7 buzzwords developers use that mean your community is about to get screwed

There are so many plans these days to “transform” an area via a “public-private partnership” that will “restore” and “fix”…

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23 Nov 2018

Can Community Rights Save Lake Erie and Ohioan’s Drinking Water?

It’s about communities passing laws to create a society you want your children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren to live in.…

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23 Nov 2018

Outraged by ICE’s Treatment of Children? Stop paying money to companies that support them.

Are you sick of our government separating children from immigrant parents and putting them in cages? Do you think ICE…

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23 Nov 2018

Ten tips to ease the guilt of *needing* to buy gas

Many Americans live in a place where they have no access to public transit. They live in areas that might…

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17 Sep 2018

Burning Man is sooo passé

Or, never trust a gathering of tens of thousands of white people. I spend a lot of my time writing…

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27 Aug 2018

Meet the Mudgirls: Women Building Their Own Sustainable Homes

Clare Kenny is a natural builder. She uses natural and up-cycled salvaged materials to build houses, incorporating everything from straw…

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21 Aug 2018

Breaking the nail salon habit

Last fall, I went through an intense body purification that can best be described as a religious experience. Over my…

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17 Aug 2018

How to Get Some of the Best Things in Life — Without Having to Spend Money

It’s hard out there when you’re working class and want to advance in life. Taking a class, learning a new…

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29 Jun 2018

Using art to shine light on Shinola

You may have heard of Shinola, the racist shoe-polish company of the early 20th century whose brand was reinvented by hypercapitalists from…

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15 Jun 2018

One Nation, Under Funk

DAYTON–Funk is one of those quintessentially American genres of music that has been exported the world over. George Clinton, Parliament, the Ohio…

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19 May 2018
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