Michael Laxer
The Choices That Australia Makes
The skyline of Perth seen from Kings Park, Western Australia -- Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 85 min read
How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
Michael Laxer
Nov 74 min read
Community Support Helps the Olympia, Washington Orca Book Cooperative Stay Afloat
When COVID-19 hit, U.S. bookshops were an endangered species. Olympia, Washington’s largest independent bookstore survived by embracing...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28 min read
The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet. By Helena...
Michael Laxer
Nov 14 min read
Montana’s First Worker Cooperative Is In It for the Long Haul
How the custom steel fabrication and design company Crucible built a “gravel road” for other Montana worker co-ops to follow. Photo of...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2510 min read
Why Is Prehistory Inspiring So Many Artists?
What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2510 min read
How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature
Profit-driven urban development has disconnected us—particularly children—from the wilderness. The effects are unhealthy. An urban...
Michael Laxer
Oct 235 min read
COP16: It’s Wild-West Capitalism Versus Life on Earth
The stakes for our collective future could not be higher, yet many decision-makers are doubling down on destructive policies. Image via...
Michael Laxer
Oct 216 min read
Why Are Young Working-Class Men More ‘Conservative’?
It’s not just about women’s increasing power and independence—it’s about capitalism failing us all. By Sonali Kolhatkar It has been a...
Michael Laxer
Oct 208 min read
The Corporate Vehicles Changing International Commerce
The unchecked rise of financial entities designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity has created a global, collaborative...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1918 min read
The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern. kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/lic...
Michael Laxer
Oct 134 min read
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. The community owned Wild Onion...
Michael Laxer
Oct 911 min read
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0...
Michael Laxer
Oct 65 min read
What We Can Learn from Gen Z Workers
Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health—and...
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...
Michael Laxer
Sep 307 min read
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The Man Who Defeated Israel
By Vijay Prashad Israel assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (1960-2024) because he refused to stop the attacks on northern Israel until...
Michael Laxer
Sep 294 min read
Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design. © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons By Damon Orion The...
Michael Laxer
Sep 274 min read
How Australia Helps the U.S. Destabilize Asia
Rally initiated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network to oppose the AUKUS security pact, 2021 -- Matt Hrkac from Geelong /...
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,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 205 min read
We Need Public Education to Help Us Address the Challenges We Face, But It’s Under Threat
By the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium Over the past few decades, humanity has embarked on an unprecedented...
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