Valerie Vande Panne

Chief Correspondent, Writing Fellow for Local Peace Economy

Valerie Vande Panne is an independent journalist whose work has appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, In These Times, Politico, and many other publications.

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Make It Right

Uprooting racist infrastructure of Confederate statues and monuments—and promoting better American heroes.

Voting Booth

Incisive reporting on elections, primaries, voting rights and the party process.

Earth | Food | Life

Environmental journalism that integrates the path for sustainable lifestyles and an ethical diet.

Local Peace Economy

Inspiring stories of people’s efforts to reshape and reinvest in our local economy.

Our Schools

Going to the frontlines of the nationwide effort to privatize and undermine the public education system.

Face to Face

Going beyond headlines, labels and caricatures to find the social, political, spiritual common ground upon which we can build a shared politics.

Economy for All

Making the case for the general welfare of American society and the world at large.

Globetrotter

Covering the movements and struggles for independence, dignity and democracy in the developing world.

The Deep State

Revelatory reporting and informed commentary on the machinations of America’s intelligence agencies.

Drug Reporter

Covering the disastrous war on drugs and mass incarceration it produces—and the growing movement to reform it.

Recent Posts

Latest Work

E-Waste Is a Growing Problem—Here’s What You Can Do to Curb It

Communities Across the Country Are Taking Radical Steps Against Plastic

Universal Basic Income: Why a So-Called ‘Solution’ for Disappearing Jobs Makes Serfs of Us All

7 Reasons Overworked and Underpaid Workers on the U.S. Coasts Should Move to Middle America

7 Economic Terms That Are Often Used to Trick People Out of Their Money

You Have Permission to Take a Media Break

Is the Way We Count Time a Mechanism of Control?

How the Headwrap Expo Is Helping to Break Cultural Barriers

You Don’t Have to Screw People Over to Survive

Is Clickbait Distracting You From the Causes Worth Fighting For?