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A Multitude of Wonderful Things We Share, But Rarely Consider 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am
A treasury of Jonathan Rowe's insights In his posthumous book, Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work, Jonathan Rowe writes: To get to San Francisco from where I live,...
When Civil Disobedience Becomes Law Enforcement 26 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm
Applying the public trust doctrine to protect us from climate change Two years ago I was among more than a thousand people who committed civil disobedience at the White House to oppose the building o...
On Waiting and Writing 26 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
A conversation with poet Juliet Patterson Juliet Patterson is a Minneapolis-based poet, teacher, and community activist who serves as an advisor to Commons Magazine’s new poetry series, UNCOMMON/WORD...
Commons-Based Ideas to Support Artists 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
New ways to pay the piper (and the painter and the performer and the poet ) Every civilization needs art—statues and paintings, myths and stories, music and dance, which should be available to everyo...
I AM WATER 18 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
Join a public art project to recognize the Great Lakes as a commons I AM WATER is a public art project created by On the Commons Artist-in-Residence Camille Gage. It is a vehicle for lending your voi...
People-Powered News Source Puts the Local Back Into Journalism 16 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
Name: Laurie Cirivello Blurb for home page: Community media executive and publisher of The Rapidian explains how the media commons empowers Grand Rapids residents Drawing on over twenty years of.....
Thank Your Placemakers 15 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
An innovative idea for thanking those who make our neighborhoods great Last night, I left a couple love notes for my city. read more
Commons Work Newsletter: 2013-08 15 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm
Date: 2013-08 Section Two: Introduction to the Commons Tagline: The commons is the essential form of wealth that we inherit or create together. Section Three: Commons Framework Framework Princ.....
The Tea Party Targets Public Libraries 8 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Even a $1 year tax hike to maintain services is too much In September 2012 the Library Board of Pulaski County, Kentucky raised property taxes $1 per year for a typical homeowner to maintain the exis...
Only Congress Can End Forty Years Of Insanity 3 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Our attitude toward medical marijuana has unfolded like an interminable tragic with three acts. Act I: The People Press Their Case read more
