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Worker-Owners of America, Unite!

Submitted by Gar Alperovitz on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 01:00
Ross MacDonald

College Park, Md.

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Originally published in the New York Times

Occupy Wall Street, 1979

Submitted by John Cavanagh on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 15:03

Before there were hashtags, more than a thousand protesters were arrested for trying to shut Wall Street down for a day ...
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Originally published on YES! Magazine website

Reality TV's "Stories of Stuff"

Submitted by Sarah Byrnes on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 11:08

New reality shows offer an unwitting window in to the new green economy.

September 8, 2011 · By Sarah Byrnes

Watch out Annie Leonard and the “The Story of Stuff!” Reality TV is on the stuff beat.

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Originally posted by Institute for Policy Studies

Reframing Development in the Age of Vulnerability

Submitted by John Cavanagh on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 03:00

Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

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Originally Published in Triple Cirsis

How to Liberate America

Submitted by David Korten on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 12:54

How is it that our nation is awash in money, but too broke to provide jobs and services? David Korten introduces a landmark new report, "How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule."

 

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Originally Published on YES! Magazine website

An Appeal to U2: Who is More Rooted?

Submitted by John Cavanagh on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 17:49

Anti-poverty crusaders like Bono call critical attention to what’s wrong with the world. But what if we also showed who’s doing it right? 

 In an increasingly vulnerable world, we're searching for rooted communities—and what we can learn from them.

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Originally posted on YES! Magazine

What is the American Dream?: Dueling dualities in the American tradition

Submitted by Gus Speth on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:18

Throughout our history, there have been alternative, competing visions of the "good life" in America. The story of how these competing visions played out in our history is prologue to an important question: What is the American Dream and what is its future?

The issue came up in the early Republic, offspring of the ambiguity in Jefferson's declaration that we have an unalienable right to "the pursuit of happiness." Darrin McMahon in his admirable book, Happiness: A History, will be our guide here.

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Originally posted on Grist.org

On Tax Day, Remember the Tax Dodgers

Submitted by Chuck Collins on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 03:00

If corporations and households with $1 million income paid at the same levels they did in 1961, the Treasury would collect an additional $716 billion a year – or $7 trillion over a decade.

As you pony up to pay your taxes – or fill out forms to get back a portion of what Uncle Sam has already withheld from your paycheck – pause to contemplate how wealthy and corporate tax dodgers deal with Tax Day.

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Originally published on CommonDreams.org

Tax Day 2011: "The More You Make, The Less You Pay"

Submitted by Chuck Collins on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 03:00

Corporations are dodging taxes, governments are cutting social services, and Americans are fed up. How they're fighting back.

 At a time when federal and state lawmakers are grappling with huge budget deficits, the impact of corporate tax dodging is getting vigorous attention.

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Originally published on YES! Magazine website
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