A TED Talk, featuring Molly Hemstreet, who says that struggling communities don’t need handouts — they need bold new ways to root wealth. Through her worker support network, the Industrial Commons, she’s flipping the script on generational poverty by turning textile waste into $9-per-pound yarn and factory workers into business owners. Shows how her long-haul approach is rebuilding rural economies stitch by stitch, proving that opportunity grows when we stop extracting and start empowering. Watch now.