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An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment

The moral authority America is in jeopardy. And that’s not good for you, or your businesses.

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Berkeley Votes to Boost Co-op Economy In the Face of Gentrification

A growing number of cities are investing in co-ops to keep money local and neighborhoods affordable.

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The End of the Establishment?

The establishment doesn’t wish to understand, because that would mean acknowledging its role in bringing all this on.

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Maybe It IS a Single-Issue Election

No matter the candidate, there is only one true issue here in these United States.

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Capitalism Will Eat Democracy—Unless We Speak Up

The undemocratic economic sphere has cannibalized the political sphere.

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Why We Need to Keep 80% of Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Life depends on it.

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Why We Must Try

We must get big money out of our democracy, end crony capitalism, and make our economy and democracy work for the many.

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Existing Carbon-Cutting Rules Won’t Get Us to Our Climate Goal. Where Will the Rest Come From?

World leaders came out of Paris with an international climate agreement seeking to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. The following is part of “What It Takes,” a series that looks into what we’ll need to do to pull that off.

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Democratic Money and Capital for the Commons

How to assure the independence of commons when the dominant systems of finance, banking, and money are so hostile to commoning.

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The Most Pragmatic Way to Fix American Democracy

The real choice isn’t “pragmatism” or “idealism.”