Image Credit: Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis on Unsplash UPROSE is a community-based organization that is bringing the first community-owned solar project to New York City. The project, Sunset Park Solar, is a 685-kilowatt solar array that will be built on top of the waterfront Brooklyn Army Terminal. It is the result of years of organizing
“From Owing to Owning,” reads a sign at the entrance of Plaza 122, a 29,000-square-foot strip mall near the corner of SE 122nd Avenue and SE Market Street in Portland, OR. The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. What makes the strip mall unique is its
Image Credit: Nsey Benajah on unsplash.com Are you unhappy about the world we live in? Senator Bernie Sanders wants you to know that your feelings are valid. In his new book, It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism, he discusses what is wrong with the US political system and what movements must do to change it.
Image Credit: lilartsy on unsplash.com This is the third article from A Green New Deal on the Ground, a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus. The series examines how Green New Deal initiatives aim to create climate policy that positively
Image Credit: Nashua Volquez-Young on pexels.com Globally, more than 55 million people live with dementia, and that number is expected to nearly triple by 2050. Based on current trends, researchers predict that the number of dementia cases will rise to over 150 million in less than 30 years.1 And without intervention, health inequities will persist. It
