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Valerie Vande Panne

Tag: economy

To Combat Widespread Job Loss, Stay Local & Look to Import Replacement

Amid the grim reality of COVID-19, one of the rare feel-good storylines has been a local business that changes its…

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21 Apr 2020

How Native Hawaiians Are Taking Internet Access Into Their Own Hands

There is a sovereign, 55-acre territory on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu, Pu‘uhonua o Waimanalo, that, for the first time,…

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13 Nov 2019

We Are All on Native Land

With three news bureaus nationwide and a partnership with the Associated Press, Indian Country Today brings Native voices to mainstream…

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12 Nov 2019

I am a New Economies Reporting Project’s 2019/2020 Finance Solutions Fellow

Read all about it here.

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30 Sep 2019

Got Hunger?

Several U.S. cities have ambitious approaches to tackle food insecurity. But have they missed the most important part? As a…

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9 Sep 2019

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…

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5 Sep 2019

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…

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19 Aug 2019

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…

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16 Aug 2019

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…

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30 Jul 2019

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…

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17 Jun 2019

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

Rashida Tlaib on Democratic Socialism and Why She Supports the Palestinian Right of Return

The newly elected Democratic nominee for Congress talks about how she plans to help working-class Detroit and why she supports…

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16 Aug 2018
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