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New Currencies for a New Economy

To build local power, activists in Bristol are taking aim at the root of all evils: money.

As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.

In Pakistan, the police killing of a Pashtun social media star stirred a popular uprising for democracy and demilitarization.

Puerto Rican movements are rebuilding their island in a way that not only enhances climate resilience, but also reclaims their political power.

In one Pakistani province, it took just 544 voters to choose a chief minister. But 80,000 minorities there may not get a single representative.

ICE is supposed to keep Americans safe. Instead, it’s terrorizing refugees, families, and small children.

Hiding behind appeals to “rationalism,” the French leader seeks to “fix” the French economy by cozying up to a tiny, binge-eating wealthy elite.

We should be supporting the small farmers who sell at farmers markets, not the corporate giants that hurt our health and environment.

A toxic combination of exploitation, corruption, and greed tarnish soccer’s governing body.

Payday lenders extort poor and rural Americans. One solution? Your friendly neighborhood post office.