Stories by David Bollier
Posted on Nov 3, 2010, Source: On the Commons
TGAAD is a self-help group of mostly women and a few men who have decided to completely stop buying new clothes for a entire year.
Posted on Jun 25, 2010, Source: On the Commons
Venturesome travelers are using the web to create an international gift economy of hospitality.
Posted on Jun 30, 2009, Source: On the Commons
The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.
Posted on Oct 15, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org
Every four years, the two parties and news media collude in this PR spectacle. It's time for citizens to reclaim control.
Posted on Sep 9, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org
The New York Times has jumped aboard the corporate cheering squad for the privatization of America's bridges and roads.
Posted on Aug 4, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org
It is tempting to dismiss locally grown food as just another elite fashion, but its merits may mean it will be a long-term phenomenon.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004, Source: In These Times
Even as our common resources are being given away, progressives are finding their own common ground as Americans begin to realize what 'we the people' actually own.