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I covered Felicity Huffman’s sentencing for Reuters
You can read the article here. Favorite quote from Huffman: “I realize now as a mother that love and truth…
Got Hunger?
Several U.S. cities have ambitious approaches to tackle food insecurity. But have they missed the most important part? As a…
Fashion Is Quietly a Major Fossil Fuel Industry—Could a Sustainable Revolution Be Around the Corner?
New York City is the fashion capital of the world. Its streets are peppered with influencers on Instagram photoshoots, its…
De-colonial Joy: Puerto Rico’s Community Currency
While the United States has some of the most successful community currencies in use, such as the BerkShare , surprisingly few Americans…
Can Cities Grant Nature the Right to Exist, and Thrive?
From preventing toxic algae blooms to banning aerial pesticide spraying, the fight for local control over environmental decisions elevates the…
What if tax breaks promised to Amazon were instead given to you and your community?
Think outside the Amazon delivery box. You might recall how, throughout 2017 and 2018, the municipal battle to woo Jeff…
I’m not changing my name to give White people diversity cred
I am a mixed race person. My ancestors on my father’s side are from multiple tribes of present-day Texas, New Mexico,…
Talking Amazon with Sonali Kolhatkar
Worker Strikes and Calls for Boycott on Amazon Prime Day from Rising Up With Sonali on Vimeo.
The Case to Repair, and Not to Replace
The Right to Repair movement rejects the primacy of disposable culture and proprietary technology. How proposed legislation could notch a…
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…
The Paper on the Street
How street newspapers in cities empower the people who experience homelessness. In 2011, when Michael Thistle, 60, became homeless after…