These Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Growing a Cooperative Economy in Chicago
After getting turned away by employers and landlords, the founders of ChiFresh Kitchen built a network of co-ops to provide jobs and homes. Now they’re helping other people coming home from prison do the same.
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A Second US City May Begin Taxing Billion-Dollar Firms To Fund Clean Energy
Eugene, Oregon, will soon vote on whether to set up a climate fund paid for by fees on companies like Amazon. Nearby Portland has already put the idea to the test.
With a New Memorial, Chicago Is Reckoning With Its Troubled History. Other Cities Should Follow.
Op-ed: Monuments are more than symbolic gestures. The financial investment and the physical space dedicated to them stand testament to what is remembered and what is erased.
To Protect Little Tokyo’s Legacy Businesses, Activists Are Buying Its Buildings
Facing speculation and rising rents, about 100 community members in LA's Little Tokyo pooled their money into a community impact fund that acquired its first commercial property last year.
Cheaper Manufactured Homes Could Be Having a Moment, If Only States Can Catch Up
A new law could make manufactured homes cheaper, but old zoning barriers could slow their expansion.
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