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December 4, 2025 • Brief

Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile

Lorah Steichen

Mineral Supply Chain • Peace • Pentagon • Transition Security Project

The Pentagon is rapidly expanding its stockpile of the so-called “critical minerals” it deems essential for military industries. Many of these same materials—known as energy transition …

November 25, 2025 • Person

Rakeen Mabud

Rakeen Mabud is a political economist and independent consultant. Rakeen was most recently the Chief Economist at Groundwork Collaborative, where she played a key role in Groundwork's pioneering effort to...

November 20, 2025 • Report

End Point or Setback? A Retrospective of the Maine Public Power Ballot Initiative

Utilities

In November 2023, Maine voted against a ballot initiative to establish a consumer-owned utility, Pine Tree Power, that would replace the two existing privately-owned utilities. Although …

November 19, 2025 • In the News

How to Lower Energy Costs: Break Up the Electrical-Grid Cabal

Publication: The New Republic

November 19, 2025 • In the News

The Affordability Agenda: Why Mobility Matters

Publication: California YIMBY

November 18, 2025 • In the News

Why Habitability Is a Growing Rallying Cry

Publication: Shelterforce

November 18, 2025 • Resource

Supply Chain Solidarity Principles

Mineral Supply Chain

The transition to zero carbon transportation has initiated major social and economic shifts: a boom in new mine development to supply transition minerals needed to manufacture …

November 18, 2025 • Resource

Supply Chain Solidarity: Lessons from the Lithium Frontlines

Emmett Hopkins, Batul Hassan

Labor • Mineral Supply Chain • Transit and Mobility

Workers and organizers, representing different parts of the transportation supply chain, journey across Nevada to learn first-hand about the impacts of lithium mining for electric vehicle …

November 13, 2025 • Brief

Financial Distress in the Multifamily Rental Market, and What It Means for Tenants

Jacob Udell, Ruthy Gourevitch

Green Social Housing • Tenant Rights and Multifamily Housing

Financial distress in the multifamily market is on the rise in the United States, with loan delinquencies nearly doubling in the last year alone and recently …

November 12, 2025 • Person

Katie McChesney

Katie McChesney (she/her) is the Chief of Staff at the Climate & Community Institute (CCI). She works closely with the Executive Director to drive strategic organizational development, and supports cross-functional...