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From Libertarian to Liberal: How Understanding People Changed My Views

Studying psychology gave me a better understanding of how people think and behave. As a consequence, I went from libertarian to liberal.

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Labor Day 2028: How to Finance Basic Minimum Income for All

Many people have advocated a basic minimum income, the question was how to finance it. Robert Reich gives us an answer. Happy Labor Day.

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Battle Lines Form in California Over Ambitious Climate Change Bill

The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (SB350) increases California’s share of electricity from renewable energy to 50% by 2030.

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“Don’t Owe. Won’t Pay.” Everything You’ve Been Told About Debt Is Wrong

With the nation’s household debt burden at $11.85 trillion, even the most modest challenges to its legitimacy have revolutionary implications.

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Happy Brain: How to Meditate with Eyes Open

Meet Broody the Brain. He has a neural predisposition to suffering! And he’s here to show you a new way to meditate—with your eyes open!

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Seattle Led the Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?

New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.

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Turning Plastic from the Sea into Art

Explore maritime crafts that have existed in many coastal and island cultures around the world—using what the sea provides.

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How to Convert an Existing Business into a Worker-owned Cooperative

Follow these five stages.

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Growth is Not Enough: What Should Economies Be Aimed At?

Economist Kate Raworth explains why wealth cannot be achieved by national economies that are aimed only at growth.

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How to Disrupt the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

President Dwight Eisenhower warned of the dangers of an unbridled “military-industrial complex,” as he called it. Now it’s a military-industrial-congressional complex. After Citizens United, it’s less bridled than ever.