Special Features

Segregation scholar Richard Rothstein fighting for new civil rights movement with best weapon he has: research

Liz Enochs|September 3, 2020October 22, 2020

How Clovis, CA is fast-tracking backyard tiny homes to create more affordable housing

Casey O'Brien|August 19, 2020April 15, 2022

Community gardens are cropping up at public libraries everywhere

Noah Lenstra|August 13, 2020April 15, 2022

Library of Things: A Cornerstone of the Real Sharing Economy (free ebook)

Tom Llewellyn|July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

The communities hit hardest by racism have solutions worth investing in

Oscar Perry Abello|June 23, 2020June 25, 2020

What Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom’s early work tells us about defunding the police

Aaron Vansintjan|June 16, 2020July 2, 2020

Racism is anti-sharing

Shareable|June 3, 2020September 9, 2020

The Response: Resisting COVID-19 with mutual aid in Chico, CA

Shareable|May 12, 2020June 18, 2022

Community-led disaster response, from Hurricane Maria to COVID-19: A panel discussion on The Response documentary

Tom Llewellyn|May 5, 2020June 18, 2022

The People’s COVID-19 Response needs you

Neal Gorenflo|March 31, 2020June 4, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic calls us to share more than ever

Neal Gorenflo|March 26, 2020June 4, 2020

Coronavirus catalyzes growing wave of grassroots action despite social distancing

Robert Raymond|March 18, 2020June 4, 2020

14 community-minded books to read during the 2020 quarantine

Shareable|March 17, 2020May 20, 2020

Time to give my #LocalYear teeth: 5 commitments to spur a more local lifestyle

Neal Gorenflo|March 12, 2020May 1, 2020

How we can avert our society’s drift toward disaster by charting a different course

Neal Gorenflo|January 31, 2020May 1, 2020