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Co-ops, Not Cogmasters, Offer the Innovation We Need

From On February 13, 2013 · 1 Comment

Negative comments at the end of an article or blog are nothing new. However, after recently reading a story about a local co-op group that my worker-owned cooperative is part of, I was struck by the mentally lazy vitriol of the first commenters. The article was about a new loan fund to help small [...]

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Are Worker Cooperatives the Answer to Chicago’s Economic Woes?

From On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, the Heartland Alliance, a leading Midwest-based anti-poverty organization, released their annual poverty report about Illinois. Their findings are deeply troubling. Instead of mirroring the U.S. government’s rhetoric of recovery and job creation, the report shows an increase in joblessness, poverty, homeless youth, and the divide between rich and poor.

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Four Cooperative Alternatives to Big Box Corporations

From On January 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Though the big winter holidays are behind us, we are now looking toward another year filled with birthdays and many other celebrations. Most of these are centered around the exchange of gifts, which presents us with the same dilemma we faced in December: We really don’t want to engorge ourselves in mindless purchasing of empty [...]

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