Here’s what to look out for after Thursday’s FCC vote.

'In 2009, Chicago became the first US city to implement participatory budgeting: a method of allotting public money in which residents propose and vote on how to spend a portion of the budget. What started with one alderman in one ward has spread across the city...

We spoke to co-founder and executive director Estella Sanchez of NEC member Sol Collective on the role of culture collective creation in the new economy. Read about their awesome work below!

At the NEC’s Annual Meeting, representatives from a half-dozen formed a Rural Electric Co-op Working Group to support one another and the broader movement in developing strategies to help communities transform their rural electric co-ops into pillars of the New Economy. This month, we were thrilled to hear that the working group has received a $25,000 grant from Solidaire as part of their Movement R&D Fund.

Announcing our New Economies Reporters for Summer/Fall 2017!