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A few days ago, the Ujamas were reeling from a devastating hurricane that left more than 1,000 homes and businesses without power, water or electricity.A week later, the community was in the middle of rebuilding.As we were heading into a second day of cooperative economics class at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, I had…

A new model for co-ops could reduce the need for housing cooperatives and bring energy independence to the US.Al Jazeera’s Jonathan Katz reports from the southern states of Tennessee and Florida.

For the last five years, the Coppers Dream winery has been the focus of a federal and provincial investigation into allegations of corruption and money laundering.The winery is located at the edge of the Canadian Rockies, a popular destination for tourists in the southern part of the country.In 2017, the investigation concluded that Coppers staff…

With a new partnership between Coopers and Everett Cooper Bank, Coopers Landing apartments is set to go live on April 3, 2017.Coopers is a subsidiary of the coopers banking group, and the Everett Cooper Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of coopers.The Everett Cooper brand is synonymous with the Coopers brand, and this new venture…

The Texas electric cooperator network was up and running just days before the state shut down its electric cooperations, leaving the country without a single electricity provider to help keep it running.Electric cooperatives are privately owned and run by people who have to get government permission to build or operate the equipment and services they…

Cooperate Electric Cooperative, a new company that sells electric power to households in Arizona, has made a splash with its new $7,500 solar-powered electric vehicle.The Cooperate Solar Cooperative, which debuted at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas last month, is designed to make solar power cheaper and easier to access in rural areas,…

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An employee at a cooperative learning center is getting paid to share a meal with students while they work together in a classroom.The worker at the Cooper Learning Center in New York City has been doing this since 2014.The center has been around since 1996.The employee said the arrangement is part of an arrangement with…

By Alex Seitz-Wald The New York Times/NBC News article Donald Trump is a man of many contradictions, but one of the most important ones is that of his willingness to do anything to achieve his goals.His penchant for exaggeration and the hyperbole he uses to describe events is perhaps his greatest asset, but it has…

Cooperative banks are one of the most powerful economic tools in the world today, and a new initiative called Methuens is trying to create one for its small farmers.The nonprofit has been working with farmers since the early 1980s to help them find land, grow crops, and sell their produce to consumers.The program has helped…