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Soon, Oregon Polluters May Have to Pay Residents for Changing the Climate

A group of activists in Oregon wants polluters to pay residents for using their air.

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Look Who’s Buying American Democracy

It’s doubtful that most of these 158 are contributing to these campaigns out of the goodness of their hearts or a sense of public responsibility.

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To Lift Quality of Life and Economy, Finland Champions Universal Basic Income

Finland is planning to provide 800 euros per month to all citizens as a new form of benefit called national basic income.

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What to Do About Disloyal Corporations

Corporate desertions from the United States will cost the rest of us taxpayers some $19.5 billion over the next decade.

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Want to Do Something Good for Your Health? Try Being Generous

Our initial findings provide some of the strongest evidence to date that daily decisions related to engaging in financial generosity can have causal benefits for physical health.

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Workers Today Take On All Risk, Get No Reward

It’s estimated that in five years over 40 percent of the American labor force will be in such uncertain work; in a decade, most of us.

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The Honorable Harvest: Lessons From an Indigenous Tradition of Giving Thanks

What if this holiday season we fill our shopping baskets with only that which is needed and give something back in return?

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Portland Blocked Fossil Fuels, What Now?

Forging a wall of resistance from San Diego to Vancouver, BC.

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Portland Passes Landmark Resolution Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

“It’s a powerful sign that the fossil fuel era is beginning to come to an end.”

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Energy Democracy: Inside California’s Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power

The democratization of energy can have far-reaching impacts and pave the way for the kind of equitable, regenerative, new economy we need to survive on the planet.