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Excerpt: Our Brave Foremothers in Community-Driven Journalism

A look at three women in American history who paved the way for people-powered media

Rozella Kennedy
Excerpt: Our Brave Foremothers in Community-Driven JournalismExcerpt: Our Brave Foremothers in Community-Driven Journalism
What Happens When Artists Invest in Other Artists?

A democratically-controlled production company launched amid the writers and actors strike

Ben Wrobel
Economy, Arts, participatory investing
What Happens When Artists Invest in Other Artists?What Happens When Artists Invest in Other Artists?
Soheir Asaad on Philanthropy, Palestine, and the Danger of Fragile Solidarity

Rawa Fund is holding donors accountable for cutting funds to the grassroots

Ben Wrobel
Palestine
Soheir Asaad on Philanthropy, Palestine, and the Danger of Fragile SolidaritySoheir Asaad on Philanthropy, Palestine, and the Danger of Fragile Solidarity
Democratizing the Energy Transition

One by one, cooperatives and crowdfunding projects are taking back control of our energy system.

Anna Gorman
Futureproof Studio
So We All Win: Democratizing the Energy TransitionSo We All Win: Democratizing the Energy Transition
A New Tool To Push Foundations Beyond Participatory Grantmaking

Katy Love and Diana Samarasan on the launch of a new self-assessment tool

Alía Tall-Khatib
Participatory grantmaking
A New Tool Pushes Foundations Beyond Participatory GrantmakingA New Tool Pushes Foundations Beyond Participatory Grantmaking
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