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Valerie Vande Panne

Category: economics

Is Unschooling the Way to Decolonize Education?

We are midway through 2020, and struggling through a pandemic-fueled economic crash exacerbated by the federal government’s inadequate “stimulus” efforts.…

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14 Jul 2020

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

Why Hospitals Are Building Housing

As U.S. coronavirus infections rolled past 30,000 this weekend, approximately one in four Americans is under some kind of order…

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27 Mar 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

Talking Amazon with Sonali Kolhatkar

Worker Strikes and Calls for Boycott on Amazon Prime Day from Rising Up With Sonali on Vimeo.

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16 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
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