On AlterNet: community

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "community"

Why I Love Weird Porn

Noah Brand, The Good Men Project. May 15, 2012.

The glories of DIY porn.

15 Cities Rally for National Day of Protest on Public Transit

Darlene Lombos, Labor Notes. April 8, 2012.

Marking the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the Amalgamated Transit Union joined with Occupy in 15 cities to protest fare hikes and cuts to public transit.

The Plight of LGBT Immigrant Detainees

Erwin de Leon, Huffington Post. February 23, 2012.

Clement Lee, an expert on LGBT issues within the immigrant community, discusses the plight of LGBT individuals trapped in the detention system.

African American Leader Offers Profoundly Emotional Account of Her Personal Journey to Make the End of the Drug War on Minorities Her Priority

Alice Huffman, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

As we reflect on the great milestones the black community has reached, we cannot forget the drug war that continues to hold many back.

New Hampshire City Debates Moratorium on Refugees

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. January 24, 2012.

Members of the city’s Bhutanese community say they are opposed to a decrease in refugees, citing the economic contributions that they have made in the city of Manchester.

How Activists Can 'Occupy' Their Cities with New Legal Structures That Empower Communities Over Corporations

Jeff Reifman, Thomas Linzey, YES! Magazine. January 5, 2012.

A bill of rights that protects the rights of people and nature, but removes them from corporations? Here's how your community could be next.

Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild our Lost Community?

Charles Eisenstein, Shareable. January 1, 2012.

The reclamation of the gift-based commonwealth not only hastens the collapse of a growth-dependent money system, it also mitigates its severity.

Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs Find the American Dream

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. December 1, 2011.

Not only did the young adults interviewed excel in school and in their careers, but they also chose careers that allow them to give back to the community.

8 Obnoxious Cliches about Men, Women and Sex in Otherwise Good TV Shows

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. November 24, 2011.

As television becomes more daring, there are still many basic feminist ideas that read as taboo on the small screen.

What Awful Reality TV and Suburban Living Have to Do With the Tea Party's Lack of Empathy

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. September 20, 2011.

The Tea Parties are partly a product of the suburbs, where social isolation leaves communication about social mores to reality TV. Is it any wonder the movement lacks empathy?

Vision: In it Together -- How Banding into Groups Can Help Us Face the Next Catastrophe

Sarah Byrnes, Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine. January 31, 2011.

This isn't a future you can, or should, face alone. How to make sure you don't have to.

Common Security Clubs: How People Are Relearning How to Live as a Community

Sarah Byrnes, YES! Magazine. December 2, 2010.

It's an old-fashioned concept -- knowing your community -- but it's badly needed in our time of increasing insecurity and isolation.

How We Can Grow Community Food Solutions

Erika Allen, Post Carbon Institute. September 3, 2010.

Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience.

Dance, Don’t Drive: How to Live In Tune With the Planet

Chip Ward, AlterNet. July 14, 2010.

On the road ahead, comfort, security and meaning will no longer be determined by ownership, but by membership in a robust community that can provide mutual aid in tough times.

Starbucks' Latest Evil Plan to Take Over (More) of the World

Priyamvada Gopal, Comment Is Free. July 25, 2009.

Starbucks' new stealth strategy is de-branding: giving stores different names and more local "community personality".

Apparently, 18 Percent Unemployment Can Create a Sense of Community (Updated)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

At least in one county devastated by the econopocalypse.

The Financial Crisis Is Too Dire to Be Left to Politicians

Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, Tim Costello, AlterNet. January 28, 2009.

Current leaders of the world's nations have utterly failed to develop a solution. Now it's up to ordinary citizens.

Communication Breakdown: How Cell Phones Hurt Communities

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.

Have cell phone kept us better connected or driven us into our own little worlds?

Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital

Ursula Sautter, Mary Desmond Pinkowish, Ode. July 15, 2008.

Neurosis, hysteria, stress, nausea, and high blood pressure -- just a few of the health problems linked to noise.

How Do We Go from Empire to Earth Community?

David Korten, YES! Magazine. June 16, 2008.

The day of reckoning for our reckless human ways that many of us have for decades warned would be coming is here.

Vote in Video Contest About Immigration

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 29, 2008.

The Movement Vision Lab presents a video contest on the relationship between immigration and community.

How the Environmental Movement Can Redefine Globalization

Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 13, 2007.

We need to promote the globalization of mass movements and the globalization of sharing ideas so that communities can help each other achieve self-reliance.