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How a Worker Cooperative Is Mitigating the Stray Animal Crisis in Texas

The popularity of support animals attests to the mental health benefits of bonding with a pet, such as decreased stress, anxiety, and loneliness....

11.02.2025 10

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Enrollment in Nature Schools Soars as Families Rediscover the Benefits of Outdoor Learning

Author, journalist, and child advocacy expert Richard Louv famously coinedthe term “nature deficit disorder” to describe the detrimental effects of...

23.12.2024 3

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This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police

Often referred to as the most segregated city in the U.S. by media outlets like WBEZ Chicago and 14East, Chicago, Illinois, is riddled...

20.11.2024 40

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Mapping the Solidarity Economy

In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reported that Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease...

14.10.2024 4

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Meet the Collective Offering an Alternative to the ‘Mental Health Industrial Complex’ for Underserved Communities

In 2024, for the sixth consecutive year, the Trevor Project’s U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People found “a significant...

10.10.2024 5

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Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit

The webzine ShiftMag points out that 80 percent of software developers worldwide are unhappy with their jobs, yet 68 percent code outside the...

30.09.2024 10

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A Circular Economy

Between 1942 and 1964, migrant Mexican farm and railroad workers labored for low and often delayed pay under the U.S. Government’s Bracero...

23.09.2024 8

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