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Is the End of Auto-cracy in Sight?

December 1, 2008 | By Jay Walljasper

Our car-dominated transportation system may soon make more room for biking, walking, transit and trains.

How the Commons Transcends the Right-Left Divide

January 31, 2007 | By Ted Howard

Latin American Mayor Fights for Equal Access to Happiness

August 13, 2006 | By Jay Walljasper

Enrique Peñalosa improved the lives of Bogotá's poor

Dispatch From Manila II: Jeepneys

April 6, 2006 | By Jonathan Rowe

Jeepneys – a cross between a Jeep and an unregulated taxi – are the way to go in the Philippines.

Corporate Graffiti Vandals

August 23, 2005 | By David Bollier

How is a lively commons reduced to a mere market? It starts with small steps.