parks and recreation

November 16, 2005 / David Bollier
The property rights movement in the U.S. has grown so bold that it suggests selling national parks and forbidding conservations groups to buy private land.
October 20, 2005 / Jonathan Rowe
Bush Administration policies amount to a land-grab by corporations to move in on national parks and other public lands that every American owns.
October 12, 2005 / Jonathan Rowe
Surf's up! A string of court victories reaffirms the public's right to enjoy beaches in the U.S.
September 29, 2005 / Jonathan Rowe
Today's Republicans are wimps by the standards of Theodore Roosevelt – a leader who understood the importance of the commons.
August 10, 2005 / Bill Novak
Americans vigorously defended parks and other public assets from privatization in the 19th century.
August 9, 2005 / Bill Novak
The commons is not lost in big gulps, but in little nibbles. Closing a public park for a day to accommodate a corporate meeting is the start of trouble.