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Michael Laxer
Dec 1311 min read
How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 236 min read
Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 67 min read
Highlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day Issues
Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice. Image via Highlander By Damon...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 235 min read
A Circular Economy
Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support. By Damon Orion Between 1942 and 1964,...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 143 min read
We Can Interpret How Cooperative or Autocratic Mesoamerican Societies Were From Their Systems of Communication
View of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun, from Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán -- Jackhynes, Public domain, via...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 202320 min read
POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...
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