How A Scotland "Yes" Vote Could Challenge the U.K. Nuclear Weapons Program

The brilliant thing about Scottish Independence, from a global anti-nuclear weapons stance, is that the U.K. has no other sites suitable to host trident submarines or their nuclear warheads.

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Organic For the People: New York City Residents Are Fighting Food Deserts With Farms

The goal of East New York Farms and other groups like it isn't only to expand access to good food – but to improve residents’ health, create jobs and income, and transform blighted neighborhoods into assets.

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Why Banking at the Post Office Beats Payday Loans – and Wall Street

The USPS used to offer financial services – and proponents say that bringing them back could buffer us from financial meltdowns and alleviate poverty.

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Intercontinental Cry Marks A Decade On Front Lines of Global Indigenous Movement

A decade ago, there were 50 Indigenous Nations leading their own struggles. Now there are 500.

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New York Sex Trade Filling with In-Debt Graduates and "Average Everyday Women"

With an Ivy League education, Anna is currently paying off $47,000 in student debt – an amount that would be much higher, she says, if she hadn't had the supplemental income sex work provides.

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New Seattle Cooperative Refinances Student Debt with Community Funds

It's a win-win scenario – sort of like Lending Club for local college graduates.

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75% of Missouri Voters Approve Privacy Amendment to Block NSA Spying

While a state constitutional amendment only binds state agencies and not the federal government, Tuesday's yes vote on the 9th Amendment will protect Missourians from a practical effect of federal spying.

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Communities Of Color Tackle Climate As "Our Power" Movement Heats Up Richmond

The Bay Area city hosts a four-day gathering this week bringing social activists together from across America to share strategies and solutions to today's economic-ecological crises.

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My Party Has Lost Its Soul: Former Clinton Aide Laments Victory for Wall Street Democrats

We yearn for a new politics but worry that our democracy, like that Antarctic ice shelf, has reached its tipping point.

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Labor On Offense: Congress Introduces Bill to Make Union Organizing A Civil Right

The Ellison-Lewis legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act to give workers a range of legal options if they feel discriminated against for trying to form a union.

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