The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations.
Meet the Collective Offering an Alternative to the ‘Mental Health Industrial Complex’ for Underserved Communities
The Fireweed Collective offers online and in-person healing.
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.
Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design.
Activists in Philly Have a Novel Approach to Help De-Oppress Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s AORTA helps organizations restructure for greater equity.
Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
A Circular Economy
Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support.
Recycling the Discarded
Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Compost Co-op gives ex-inmates a living wage through meaningful work.
The Aquadome Lives On
For two decades, a vibrant space for music, art, and community in Kirksville, Missouri, withstood physical and financial collapse. Now its former staff is keeping the venue’s spirit alive.
Community in Motion
Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling.