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Why Economists Are Coming Out in Favor of Unconditional Basic Income

Economist Guy Standing says the policy can reverse inequality.

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Using Open Source Design to Address Climate Change

An open approach to design and production will allow for the biggest teams possible to create solutions in as little time as possible.

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City Repair: From Illegal Street Painting to City-Sanctioned Placemaking

“We’re part of something so much larger than ourselves.”

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Yanis Varoufakis & Noam Chomsky

Discussing ‘And the Weak Suffer What They Must?’

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How a Worker-Owned Tech Startup Found Investors—and Kept Its Values

As cooperative culture spreads into the tech world, Loomio is part of a new wave of entrepreneurs figuring out how to finance a more democratic, values-centered online economy.

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Drone Warfare and the Kill Chain

The human toll and moral dilemma of drone warfare.

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There’s Already a Wall Between US and Mexico

The ideological wall that separates America and Mexico.

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More Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: This Time, They’re Coming for Your Democracy

“Things have just gotten so much worse.”

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Evoking the Mulatto: Mixed Identity in America

Created by Lindsay C. Harris, Evoking the Mulatto is a transmedia project exploring black mixed identity in the 21st century through the lens of the history of racial classification in the United States.

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What Our Breasts Are Telling Us

Author Florence Williams and her daughter discovered they had high levels of toxins—like flame retardants—in their bodies. Getting rid of the chemicals was harder than they expected.