Marcus Harrison Green

Marcus Harrison Green is a YES! Reporting Fellow. He is the founder of the South Seattle Emerald. Follow him on Twitter @mhgreen3000.

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Baby Boxes Cut Infant Mortality in Finland; US Cities Give Them a Try

Five reasons baby boxes are more than cutesy cardboard containers, from offering a safe place to sleep to giving an equal start in life.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

June 4, 2016

News

Economy & Labor

Half of US Workforce Has No Retirement Plan – but Illinois Has a Fix

Economists see the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program, designed for private-sector workers, as an innovative complement to Social Security.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

January 31, 2016

News

Can Cities End the School-to-Prison Pipeline? Relentless Organizers Are Tallying Wins

We have always said that this is a battle of imagination over incarceration, said Senait Brown.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

November 15, 2015

News

Politics & Elections

Can “Democracy Vouchers” Boot Big Money Out of Elections in Seattle?

Seattle will vote on the Honest Elections ballot initiative today.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

November 3, 2015

Interview

Economy & Labor

These Authors Spent Years Finding Out Why 1.5 Million US Families Live on $2 a Day

H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of the poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

September 27, 2015

News

Economy & Labor

Do Interest-Free Loans Make Sense? No, but They Do Make a Difference

Craft 3 has been providing more conventional loans to underserved communities in Oregon and Washington state since 1994.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

September 13, 2015

News Analysis

Seattle Led the Country’s Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?

How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.

By: Marcus Harrison Green ,; YES!Magazine

July 31, 2015

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