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“America was founded on the biggest oxymoron.   It was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.” –George Carlin The State of Florida is known for its beautiful beaches, the theme parks such as […]

Around the world, city and community leaders are rising to the challenge to improve the quality of life where they are now.  With technology advancing at lightning speeds, we wanted to take a deep dive […]

December 18, 2023 By Jyoti Madhusoodanan In a now-classic series of experiments, researchers teased out the deep-rooted nature of human bias simply by distributing red shirts and blue shirts to groups of 3- to 5-year-olds […]

April 16, 2024 By Sherry Baker By 1992, burgeoning population, choking traffic, and explosive industrial growth in Mexico City had caused the United Nations to label it the most polluted urban area in the world. […]

April 26, 2024 By Amos Zeeberg After decades of searching, many scientists believe they have finally pinned down the main problem with our modern diets—the factor driving ever-escalating rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and […]

When Your Psychologist is an AI Amid a shortage of mental health providers, people are turning to chatbots for support. But is their advice trustworthy and safe? November 29, 2023 By Elizabeth Svoboda Hi, Liz! […]

November 15, 2023 By D. Watkins Survival supersedes morality, at least where I grew up. Phrases like “fight or flight” become privileged because, well, where are you really going to go? I was a victim […]

How a political movement manufactured scientific misinformation and legitimized hate. November 6, 2023 By Simón(e) D. Sun and Florence Ashley We’ve watched with horror, but not with surprise, as a frenzy of anti-trans, queer, and […]

Countries that have ratified and signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to meet at the UN to strengthen the ban Geneva 30 January 2025 The states parties to the Treaty on the […]

“What Can I do? I’m just one person!” (Said Eight Billion People) Choose Black-Owned Campaign Planning Resources – 2025 Some quick details: Choose Black-Owned Month is February Ideas for: Independent business alliances, chambers, and other […]

Resources – 2025   Some quick details: Choose Indie Sustainable Month is March. Find a downloadable logo here.  View and download our press release template.  View social media examples.  Add these hashtags to your posts: […]

Move Your Money:  2025 Campaign Planning Resources    Move Your Money partners. About the Move Your Money Campaign From April 1 to April 30, our Move Your Money campaign works to increase investment in locally […]

Making Ripples From May 1 to May 31, our Bicycling Means Business Month campaign promotes the connections between bicycling and healthy local economies.  Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the […]

  From June 1 to June 30, our Choose Indie Pride Month campaign celebrates LGBTQ+-owned businesses, diversity, and equity.  Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]

Some quick details: Independents Month is July. Find downloadable logos and images here.  Use Canva?  Check out our Proud Indie Local template, Indie Challenge template, and Independents Month Quote template. View and download our press […]

Making Ripples From August 1 to August 31, our Eat Indie Local campaign works to inspire all of us to eat more locally grown, raised, and made foods, meet the farmers, growers, and chefs behind […]

  From October 1 to October 31, our Choose Indie Art Month campaign celebrates artists, artisans, musicians, and creativity.  Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]

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  The formula for successful entertainment is short and sweet… conflict. Without conflict movies and television would have no viewers. By Michael Caporale When news programming learned this lesson, they introduced opposing pundits to create […]

Understanding the Failure of Poor System Design: The Consequences we continue to experience Every day we hear stories of systematic failure, from heart-wrenching shootings to the crumbling of essential systems to social media fiascos that […]