AlterNet – Valerie Vande Panne

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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