Solutions for the Underaffiliated

We need a Policy of Productivity to Give All Americans an Opportunity

More and more white people are experiencing socioeconomic segregation, food insecurity, unaffordable housing, poor transportation, low wages, and poor healthcare coverage -- just like Blacks, Indigenous and people of color have for centuries. No one trusts the government, industry or social services to help. Time to join forces? Read More

Land Management to Stop Housing Development’s Role in the Climate Crisis

Dave Ellum, Dean of Land and the Director of the Center for Working Lands at Warren Wilson College discusses ways to help land owners generate revenue, so they can pay taxes. This helps them keep the land, make it productive, and keep it from developers who will build houses and infrastructure to support them that spell disaster for a faltering climate. It's about smart use of nature and natural resources, not whether to build houses. Anyone interested in sustainable ways to use the land, generate revenue from it, and slow the pace of housing development should listen. Read More

Pay people enough to afford rent and transportation and watch productivity grow

Learn how businesses and the U.S. economy can benefit from living wages, better public transportation and affordable housing. Read More

Racial Justice Makes the Whole Pie Better

Our sense of fairness we have as kids is socialized away as we get older. We can get it back by being around different kids of people. Let's do that and make the United States a more productive, less expensive, and more just country. Read More

Let’s just feed people instead of using profit and red tape as excuses

The United States wastes food while millions of people lack access to healthy foods. Business and government should partner and eliminate the red tape in the way of feeding people, making them healthier and more productive. Read more.

Filling the food safety net, when the government’s version isn’t enough.

MANNA Food Bank not only distributes food in 16 counties to those who qualify for food benefits. It feeds working people who earn too much to qualify for benefits but too little to eat after rent, car expenses, and other bills.  
There isn't a food shortage. We have rich-person prices and working class wages.
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Supporting BIPOC entrepreneurs across the Valley of Death in regions with few funding options

Funding Resources for Start-ups, especially BIPOC-owned, in Rural Areas
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What forgotten Jesus on the church wall really means

Let's face it, the holidays are about friends and family. But maybe remember Jesus and think about those who make our gifts, but don't make enough to buy them for their own loved ones. Read More

How to use unserved food from catered events, buffets and cafeterias to feed families

We waste millions on food from catered events, buffets and cafeterias that is healthy and needed by Americans who can't afford food. Here's a group doing something to fix that. Read More

Stop Dissing the Abled

How a disabled person sees and is forced to deal with the world of the abled and what we can do to change that. Read More