While the current narrative of the American economy is far from hopeful, cooperatives are setting a more uplifting tone and are pressing their case as a fix for unemployment and reviving the middle class. Read more »
I’m at a café right now that’s across the street from a vacant office building. The low-slung seventies-contemporary structure used to house our family dentist’s business. Read more »
Coworking represents the future of work, and city governments are entrenched in the past. Despite their differences, the two often have similar goals for the larger community, and can sometimes benefit from collaboration. Read more »
A community apartment building in the Bronx offers parenting workshops, after-school programs, counseling, job training, summer camp and more. The catch? You have to be a grandparent raising a grandchild to live here. Read more »
I hope everyone (at least in my hemisphere) is enjoying the full-blown summer, and if you're trying to stay cool, try these sharing-related links from around the web. Read more »
Money and the economy are functions of community, and it is only in partnership with their communities that the politically disenfranchised can reclaim their lives from the permanent shortage of employment. Read more »
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